“Silence when combined with prayer brings great fruits. But when combined with bad thoughts, it creates disturbances.”
P.S.K.
“If you have ego, you blame the others. If you are gifted with humility, everything is your fault.”
P.S.K.
“It is the abolition of the will itself that creates the conditions for the man to be left entirely to the will of God. When I have a will, how can I trust God?”
P.S.K.
“The sweetness of the tears of reverence rinses and overcomes every bitterness of futility.”
P.S.K.
“Grumbling is the unsatisfied feeling in our lives and comes from a disadvantaged ego.”
Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra
“Love, but not because you have to. Love in order to love.”
Elder Parthenios of the Monastery of Saint Paul
“Man misunderstands, especially when he overrates a spiritual charisma, such as fasting, vigil, tears, prayer, silence, the cowl, etc.”
Elder Joseph the Hesychast
*The article was originally published in Greek in ikivotos.gr