"Just as fish die if they stay too long out of water, so the monks who loiter outside their cells or pass their time w…"

"An elder said: "I am unable to describe to you, my son, the joy I felt in my heart every time I was unjustly treated …"

""Elder, is monastic life difficult?" we asked a wise monk. "It is not difficult. There comes a time when you forget y…"

"An elder said: "The spiritual life of a monk begins when he distances himself from all visible and invisible things, …"

"An elder said: "He who loves God does not only love his fellow man, but also all of nature: trees, grass, flowers. Ev…"

"The elders of Mount Athos say: "Not where you live but the way you live is going to save you.""

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"Living in a state of high spirituality, and of perfect possessionlessness – we do not know if they are still alive – …"

"An elder said: "To the monk, the world is a charcoal-maker" (that is, the world dirties one's soul, like one who hand…"

""We suffer because we have no love. Whoever does not love does not have peace, even if he was placed in Paradise," sa…"