"In fact, one must not try to discover where it [the One] comes from. For there is not any ‘where’; it neither comes f…"

"A brother asked an elder, “What is hēsychia and what good does it do?”"

"Stillness is an undisturbed state of the intellect,"

"Similarly, stillness [hesychia] is initiated by attentive waiting upon God,"

"With the help of prayer ignore all images, whether sensory or conceptual, that rise up from the heart."

"The start of stillness [hesychia] is the rejection of all noisiness as something that will trouble the depths of the …"

"Stillness of the body is the accurate knowledge and management of one's feelings and perceptions. Stillness of soul i…"

"It is only by means of this Prayer that the creature can be really united with his Creator, the goal of the Prayer of…"

"Stillness does not come and go. It is we who come and go. Stillness abides, like a vast evenness, limpid and pure. It…"

"When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are…"