“Don’t think that only the Saints mediate for us, because the angels also beg God in our sorrow”. Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos (St John Chrysostom)
“When the soul loses humility, it also loses the grace and love of God and thus the burning prayer passes out”. St. Silouan the Athonite
“Get used to self-criticism, contemplating whether you have committed a crime in your thoughts, whether your tongue rushed before your mind or said a logical absurdity, whether you have committed unintentional sin”. Basil the Great
“The Fast elevates us to the level of angels, brings us along with Saints, it disciplines our life”, Basil the Great
“Enjoy your sorrow, get rich in your poverty, be consoled by your diseases”. St. Nikodemus from Mount Athos
“The greater the benefits we got, the more we get punished, when we shall prove unworthy of these benefits”. Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos
“Let us remove mockery and cursing and obscene talk as well as the bad habit of oaths”, Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos
“Anxiety is overcome by trust in God’s provision and good fight”. St. Porphyry the Kapsokalyvite
“Neither have great courage, nor despair too much. The first weakens you, the second puts you off”. St. Gregory Theologos
“What is the true characteristic of the Christian is to be peacemaker, because our Lord promised our reward for this”. Basil the Great
*The article was originally published in Greek in ikivotos.gr
