--- title: "1 Brotherly Quotes By Silouan the Athonite" description: "1 Brotherly quotes by Silouan the Athonite. Plus more from Silouan the Athonite and more Brotherly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/silouan-the-athonite-14548_another-day_with-all-your-power-ask-the-lord-for-hum_1464417.jpg" --- > [With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's brother. Do an experiment on yourself: one day ask God for love towards your brother, and another day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/with-all-your-power-ask-the-lord-for-humility-and-brotherly-love/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/silouan-the-athonite-14548_another-day_with-all-your-power-ask-the-lord-for-hum_1464417.jpg) ## Other authors on Brotherly ## More by Silouan the Athonite > [Whoever will not love his enemies cannot know the Lord and the sweetness of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/whoever-will-not-love-his-enemies-cannot-know-the-lord-and-the/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/you-must-teach-yourself-how-to-eat-less-but-with-discernment-insofar/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [The man who knows the delight of the love of God ? when the soul warmed by grace, loves both God and her brother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/the-man-who-knows-the-delight-of-the-love-of-god-when-the-soul-warmed/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [The Lord loves us so much that He suffered for us on the Cross; and His suffering was so great that we can't comprehend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/the-lord-loves-us-so-much-that-he-suffered-for-us-on-the-cross-and/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [Christ prayed for those that crucified Him: 'Father, count not this sin against them; they know not what they do.' Archdeacon Stephen prayed for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/christ-prayed-for-those-that-crucified-him-father-count-not-this-sin/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [By obedience a man is guarded against pride. Prayer is given for the sake of obedience. The grace of the Holy Spirit is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/by-obedience-a-man-is-guarded-against-pride-prayer-is-given-for-the/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [The Holy Apostle John the Theologian says that the commandments of God are not difficult, but easy (I John, 5:3). But they are only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/the-holy-apostle-john-the-theologian-says-that-the-commandments-of/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [Obedience is necessary not only for monks, but for all people. Even the Lord was obedient. The proud and self-regarding do not allow grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/obedience-is-necessary-not-only-for-monks-but-for-all-people-even-the/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [We suffer because we have no humility and we do not love our brother. From love of our brother comes the love of God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/we-suffer-because-we-have-no-humility-and-we-do-not-love-our-brother/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/if-a-man-does-not-tell-everything-to-his-spiritual-father-then-his/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [Tell everything to your spiritual father, and the Lord will have mercy on you and you will escape delusion. But if you think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/tell-everything-to-your-spiritual-father-and-the-lord-will-have-mercy/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [If suffer some misfortune, then think: "The Lord sees my heart, and if it pleases Him, it will be well both for me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/if-suffer-some-misfortune-then-think-the-lord-sees-my-heart-and-if-it/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [In order to abide in the love of God it is essential for anger and 'hate' to attain their maximum intensity but be directed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/in-order-to-abide-in-the-love-of-god-it-is-essential-for-anger-and/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [There are people who, when they encounter inability to understand, do not ask the Lord. But one must immediately say, "Lord, I am a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/there-are-people-who-when-they-encounter-inability-to-understand-do/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) > [The saints are like the Lord, but so are all people who keep the commandments of Christ; but those who live according to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silouan-the-athonite/the-saints-are-like-the-lord-but-so-are-all-people-who-keep-the/) [Silouan the Athonite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silouan-the-athonite/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brotherly/silouan-the-athonite/#itemlist", "name": "1 Brotherly Quotes By Silouan the Athonite", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's brother. 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