Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land! — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy… — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders… — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create… — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect… — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
So in every test, let us say: "Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation." — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos Copy Share Image
