All of life is a wonderful mystery, known only to God. In life there is not just an accidental chain of events – everything is providential.
Saint Barsanuphius
Living Without Hypocrisy – Spiritual Counsels of the Holy Elders of Optina.
prayer as foundation
a true friend
teach me to do in union with Thee
humbleness of heart
“Seek God daily, but seek Him in your heart, not outside it. And when you find Him, stand with fear and trembling, like the Cherubim and the Seraphim, for your heart has become the throne of God. But in order to find God, become humble as dust before the Lord, for the Lord abhors the proud, whereas he visits those that are humble in heart, wherefore He says, “To whom will I look, but to him that is meek and humble in heart?”
Saint Nektarios of Aegina
on that which is needful
“Spiritual needs are above all, and when they are satisfied, even though the others are not satisfied, peace exists : but when the spiritual needs are not satisfied, then even though all other needs are richly satisfied, there is no peace. That is why the satisfaction of them is the one thing needful.”
The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it
Saint Theophan the Recluse
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