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  1. "Illumination by the Spirit is the endless end of every virtue." St Symeon the New Theologian 10:00 AM May 31st from web
  2. "At the times when you remember God, increase your prayers, so that when you forget Him, the Lord may remind you." St Mark the Ascetic 10:00 AM May 30th from HootSuite
  3. "Censure from men afflicts the heart; but if patiently accepted it generates purity." St Mark the Ascetic 10:00 AM May 29th from HootSuite
  4. "Keep in mind God's precept that states, Judge not, and you will not be judged, and in no way meddle in the lives of others." St Symeon 10:00 AM May 28th from HootSuite
  5. "We should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves." St John Cassian 10:01 AM May 27th from HootSuite
  6. "Let us cut sin out of our heart, and we will find within us the kingdom of heaven." St Philotheos of Sinai 10:00 AM May 26th from HootSuite
  7. @Mar_Musa Thanks for the quote. I'll add it to my list. 2:02 PM May 25th from twhirl in reply to Mar_Musa
  8. "There is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise-an undivided will" Soren Kierkegaard 10:00 AM May 25th from HootSuite
  9. "The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do." St John of Kronstadt 10:00 AM May 24th from HootSuite
  10. "It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality." St Gregory Nizianzus 10:01 AM May 23rd from HootSuite
  11. "A disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions." St Gregory Nazianzus 10:06 AM May 22nd from HootSuite
  12. "Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself." Dostoevsky 10:00 AM May 21st from HootSuite
  13. "Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand." St Dionysius 10:00 AM May 20th from HootSuite
  14. "Whatever we do without prayer and without hope in God turns out afterwards to be harmful and defective." St Mark the Ascetic 10:01 AM May 18th from HootSuite
  15. "Courage shatters enemies attacking the soul from without, mercy those attacking it from within." St Gregory of Sinai 10:00 AM May 17th from HootSuite
  16. "Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord." St Maximos the Confessor 11:00 AM May 16th from HootSuite
  17. "no one is disbelieved more than he who is eager to swear that he speaks the truth." Blessed Theophylact 11:00 AM May 15th from HootSuite
  18. "A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature." St John Chrysostom 11:00 AM May 14th from HootSuite
  19. "It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight." St Basil the Great 11:00 AM May 13th from HootSuite
  20. "When the Lord renders to each his due reward, He does not consider the amount given but the amount left." Blessed Theophylact 11:00 AM May 12th from HootSuite
  • Name Desert Fathers
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