truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 9:03 am

Wretched and poor is the man who does not fear God, for such a man is afraid of everything.

— St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 9:07 am

A small but persistent discipline is a great force, for a soft drop falling persistently hollows out hard rock.

— Saint Isaac of Syria

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 9:07 am

To truly repent is to cease from sin and not to look back again.

– Clement of Alexandria

Repentance is the key which opens the gates of heaven. If you sin every day, you should repent every day.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 9:08 am

With each one of us there is a Guardian who does not miss anything and whose watchfulness never relaxes or grows weak.

– Isaac the Syrian

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 9:09 am

A man may seem to be silent, but if he condemns others in his heart, he is babbling ceaselessly.

– Poemen the Shepherd

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 1:17 pm

As a want, desire, or presumed need crosses our mind, take that opportunity to simply deny it - no matter how insignificant or unsinful the object of desire may be. Consider it ascetic weight lifting.

Saint Dorotheos

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Wed 20 December 2006 1:24 pm

Someone who has actually tasted truth is not contentious for truth. Someone who is considered among men to be zealous for truth has not yet learned what truth is really like: once he has truly learnt it, he will
cease from zealousness on its behalf

-St. Isaac of Syria