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The animals can recognize your disposition when you approach them, if you intend to kill them or if you approach them with genuine love. (Paisios of Mount Athos)
Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land! View quote
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Never remain in a state of sadness but strive to do something spiritual that will help to get you out of this state. View quote
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Satan may be working but God is working too and He will turn evil into good. View quote
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Just loving someone is not enough. You need to love a person more than yourself. View quote
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For animals, man is like God. Just as we ask God for help, they ask man for help. View quote
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Pray and rejoice. God will arrange everything. View quote
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After our death, when we come face to face with Christ, we will understand the why and how of our lives and we will be told everything we went through in this world. Then, with all the power of our existence, we will say to Him, "Thank you, my God, for allowing these for me!" View quote
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Do you think that He who numbers the hairs of your head does not know the measure of your suffering? Yes, He knows it, therefore be at rest, trusting in our Heavenly Father. View quote
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When someone offends you, pray for them, it's medicine for your soul. View quote
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If we do not pray for the sick, the illness will progress naturally. Whereas, if we pray for them, it can alter its natural course. Therefore, always pray for the sick. (Paisios of Mount Athos)
It is only next to God that we can find true and eternal joy. We taste bitter poison when we live apart from sweet Jesus. View quote
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God never leaves us. We leave Him. View quote
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We should never forget that our guardian angel is always invisibly beside us; he guards us and he protects us. But it is necessary that we are also careful in our lives and that we not sin. View quote
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When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition. View quote
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Lord have mercy on the nations of the world. Keep them in Thy embrace & envelope them with Thy holy protection. Keep them safe from every evil and war. View quote
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God has made not only people but also demons free because they do not harm and cannot harm a person's soul, except in cases where the person himself wishes to harm their own soul. View quote
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Today, the world most urgently needs good priests and confessors, because due to their absence, churches are empty, while psychiatric hospitals, prisons, and clinics are full. View quote
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Whatever God deprives us of, is either to test us or to protect us, let us accept everything with joy. View quote
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When God sees that we are proud and arrogant, He allows for the presence of temptations in our life. He will take them away from us, only when He sees that we humble ourselves. View quote
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The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin. (Paisios of Mount Athos)
What I see around the world would drive me insane if I did not know that no matter what happens, God will have the last word. View quote
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The answer to our anxiety is not drugs, alcohol, tranquilizers or psychiatric treatment. It will not be cured by Yoga or some new age or eastern meditation practice. The problem is that we have lost God as the center of our lives. Once we make our love of God the primary focus of our lives and allow His grace to work though us, then no matter what circumstance we encounter in life we will be comforted and embraced in His love. All anxiety disappears. This is the aim of the Orthodox way of life––To put God first and seek the Holy Spirit. The anxieties of modern life are only symptoms of our separation from God. View quote
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If man doesn't start to work on himself, then the devil will find another job for him - to seek for flaws in others. View quote
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Ingratitude and greed are a great evil. View quote
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Paisios of Mount Athos

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Photo: Spartacos31, CC BY 4.0
Born: July 25, 1924
Died: July 12, 1994
Quotes count: 62
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