Hyperechios

"Abba Hyperechios said: “Just as a lion is fearsome to the wild asses, so is the well-tried monk to lascivious logismoi.”"

"He also said: “It is good to eat flesh and to drink wine and not to eat the flesh of your brothers in backbiting.”"

"He also said: “By whispering, the serpent expelled Eve from Paradise, and he who bites back at his neighbor is like it, for he ruins the soul of him who hears and does not keep his own safe.”"

"He also said: “The monk’s treasure is voluntary destitution; lay [it] up in heaven, brother, for the ages of repose are limitless.”"

"He also said: “Let your consciousness always dwell on the Kingdom of Heaven and soon you shall inherit it.”"

"Εὐχομένου μοναχοῦ καθαρῶϛ ἐν νυκτεριναῖϛ εὐχῆϛ. Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ δὲ τοῦτο λαμπρύνει Κύριοϛ καὶ ὡϛ ἡμέραν καθαρὰν ἀναδείξει."

"Ἐν πάντι καιρῷ ἔστω ὁ χιτὼν τοῦ μοναχοῦ ἄσπιλοϛ οὐκ ὁ ὕϕαντοϛ ἀλλ’ ὁ πνευματικόϛ. Ἐν μέσῃ γὰρ νυκτὶ ὁ τοιοῦτοϛ συνεισελεύσεται τῷ νυμϕίῳ Χριστῷ εἰϛ τὴν παστάδα. Ἔλαιον ἐπικομιζέτω ὁ μοναχὸϛ εἰϛ ἀπάντησιν τοῦ νυμϕίου."

"Ζωὴ μοναχοῦ κατὰ μίμησιν ἀγγέλου γινέσθω, καταϕλέγουσα ἁμαρτίαν. Ζωὴ γὰρ μοναχοῦ ἐστιν ἡ τῶν μετανοούντων ὁλοκάρπωσιϛ."

"Ἡσυχία μοναχοῦ μετὰ καθαρὰϛ καρδίαϛ δυσωπεῖ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον."

"Θησαύρισον, μοναχὲ, ἐν οὐρανῷ ἀπέραντοι γὰρ τῆϛ ἀναπαύσεώϛ σοι αἰῶνεϛ."

"Ἱλαρὸϛ τῇ ὄψει μοναχόϛ ἀσκητοῦ ἀνάπαυσιϛ καὶ λογισμῶν πονηρῶν καθαίρεσιϛ."

"Νόμοϛ πηγὴ ζωῆϛ μοναχοῦ ἐν χείρι πρακτικοῦ."

"Πηγὴ ἀένναοϛ ὁ Χριστόϛ. Ἐκ ταύτηϛ ἀρυόμενοϛ τὴν δυσώδη πυρκαϊὰν ἀποσβέσον."

"Ῥεῖθρον Ίορδάνου καθάρσιον ἁμαρτημάτων δάκρυα. Χριστὸϛ γὰρ εἶπε, “Μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντεϛ, ὅτι γελάσονται.”"

"Ῥιπίζεται μοναχὸϛ ὑπὸ λαίλαποϛ λογισμῶν. Ῥήμασι δὲ ἀγγελικοῖϛ στηριζέτω ἑαυτὸν κραταιῶϛ."

"Στέϕανοϛ μοναχοῦ εἰρήνη καὶ ἁγιασμόϛ. Ὁ κεκτημένοϛ αὐτὰ ὅψεται τὸν Κύριον."

"Φάοϛ καθαρὸν ἐπὶ γῆϛ μοναχὸϛ ἀπαθήϛ, πὰρ’ ᾧ οὐχ εὑρέθη ϕιλαργυρία. “Φιλαργυρία γὰρ πάντων κακῶν ῥίζα,” ἤ οὐ τίκτει καρπὸν ἀγαθόν ποτε."

"Χρυσὸϛ δοκιμάζεται ἐν καμίνῳ πυρὸϛ καὶ μοναχὸϛ ἐν πλήθει μοναχῶν γνωσθήσεται. Ἀλλ’ ὁ ἀκίβδηλοϛ σωθήσεται."

"Χιόνοϛ λαμπρότεροϛ εὐρεθήσεται μοναχὸϛ ἀνώτεροϛ τῶν σαρκικῶν ἐπιθυμίαν ὑπάρχων. Χριστὸν ἀντὶ χρυσοῦ ποθῶν, ὅψεται αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀγαθοσύνηϛ στεϕανοῦντα αὐτόν."

"If Hyperechios were with us today, he would not be on Wikipedia, or Twitter, or Facebook, or any of our phantasmagoriae of social media."