You should always judge yourself. You must ask yourself whether you have sinful thoughts, whether you speak before you think or act, whether you commit a sin without wanting to.
Saint Basil the Great
Those who struggle, with humility and hope in God, are the people whose hearts rejoice and soul leaps up.
Elder Paisios the Athonite
Just as rheum in the eyes deters us from seeing clearly, so the desire of the present is clouding our judgment.
Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos
When someone is discussing with a virtuous person, one gains a great deal from that.
Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos
God resists the proud,But gives grace to the humble.
James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5-6
When the soul loses its humiliation, at the same time it loses the grace and the love for God. Then the flame of prayer goes out.
Saint Silouan the Athonite
Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them.
Matt. 1-6, 16-18
If you restrain your appetite, then you will close your mouth. Your tongue becomes stronger due to the abundance of food.
Agios Ioannis Sinaitis
You should not think that only the saints mediate for us. The angels are also mediators to God for our sorrows.
Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos
Give bread and the gates of paradise will be open for you. Give small and you will get big. Give death and you will gain immortality. Alms-giving is the treasure of the soul.
Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos
For every bad thought, before you go to sleep you must repent.
Saint Basil the Great
It is preferable to be defeated when appropriate rather than win in an unfair and dangerous manner.
St. Gregory the Theologian
The mysteries of God are revealed unto the meek.
Saint Isaac the Syrian
Relying on faith in the love of God, the faithful endures with patience whatever He places in your way.
Saint Augustine
Whoever does not feel love has been cut off and estranged from everything being superior and spiritual.
Saint Photios the Great
*The article was originally published in Greek in ikivotos.gr
