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“Now I no longer fear God, I love him, for love casts out fear.”

Love God Fear St Antony St Anthony

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“Many solitaries living in the desert have been lost because they lived like people in the world. It is better to live in a crowd and want to live a solitary life than to live in solitude and be longing all the time for company.”

Society Solitude Asceticism Matrona

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“To go against self is the beginning of salvation.”

Humility Selflessness Evagrius

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“All chatter is unnecessary. Nowadays everyone talks but what is needed is action. That is what God wants, not useless talking.”

Action Chatter Talking Too Much

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“There is a useful sorrow, and a destructive sorrow. Sorrow is useful when we weep for our sins, and for our neighbour’s ignorance, and so that we may not relax our purpose to attain to true goodness, these are the real kinds of sorrow. Our enemy adds something to this. For he sends sorrow without reason, which is something called lethargy. We ought always to drive out a sadness like that with prayers and psalms.”

Sorrow Lethargy Acedia Syncletica

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“A monk was told that his father had died. He said to the messenger, "Do not blaspheme. My Father cannot die.”

Mysticism Sayings Church Fathers Desert Fathers

Author:Benedicta Ward

“Men try to appear excellent in preaching but they are less excellent in practicing what they preach.”

Hypocrisy Charisma Poemen Practicing What You Preach

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

“Just as you can’t stop air coming into your lungs, so you can’t stop thoughts coming into your mind. Your part is to resist them.”

Perseverance Temptation Poemen

Book:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection

Source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection