"Make sure to have a spiritual father in your life to confess every sin and every thought of yours and receive from him healing and forgiveness" - St. Gregory Palamas.

 

One can sing without a voice, when the soul inside produces sounds, because we sing not for people, but for God, Who can hear hearts and penetrate into the innermost depths of our soul.. - St. John Chrysostom

The Sign of the Cross

Experience, confirmed by centuries, shows that the sign of the cross has great power over all human actions throughout his entire life. Therefore, it is necessary to take care to instill in children the custom of often protecting themselves with the sign of the cross, and especially before eating and drinking, going to bed and getting up, before leaving, before going out and before entering somewhere, and so that children make the sign of the cross not carelessly or in a fashionable way, but with precision, starting from the forehead to the chest and on both shoulders, so that the cross comes out correctly... Protecting oneself with the sign of the cross has saved many from great troubles and dangers. - St. Ambrose of Optina

Look at an evil, proud, arrogant person as at the wind...

Look at an evil, proud, arrogant person as at the wind and do not be offended by his malice, pride, arrogance, but be calm in yourself. The enemy intentionally irritates you, fanning human passions or arousing in your heart various suspicions of an evil nature and dreams of the imagination. - St. John of Kronstadt

The Danger Of Silence - Elder Savvas of Mount Athos at Holy Trinity Mona...

We are what we think, what we do, what we promise, what we show outwardly, what we feel, what we give. Listen to your thoughts and you will understand who you really are! - Abbot Tadei from Vitovnița Monastery

 

All friendship that is not based on true love and humility, and especially (friendship) based on passion is fragile and will be destroyed. - St. Macarius of Optina