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“You want me to tell you why and in what measure God is to be loved. The reason for loving God is God himself, and the measure, is to love without measure.” ~Bernard of Clairvaux

“You put your plans ahead of God’s plans for you. That is why you have anxiety and fear.” ~Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos

“Faith reveals him to me and lets me know him as he is. I learned more by this means in a short time than I would learn in school in many years.” ~Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

“Just as we prefer to wake up physically in a gradual, gentle, and unhurried way, the spiritual life may work best when it happens in a same slow manner. Take your time.” ~Carl McColman

“Joy is prayer – Joy is strength – Joy is love – Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace, and your soul in the joy of Christ.” ~Thomas Merton

“God comes to you disguised as your life.” ~Paula D’Arcy

“The saints are like a group of trees, each bearing different fruit, but watered from the same source. The practices of one saint differ from those of another, but it is the same Spirit that works in all of them.” ~Abba John the Dwarf

“Let us take refuge in the Lord and ascend a little to the place where thoughts dry up and stirrings vanish, where memories fade away and the passions die, where human nature becomes serene and is transformed as it stands in the other world.” ~St. Isaac the Syrian

“On the path to eternal fulfillment, which never ends, we all die as beginners.” ~James Finley