...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves. — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong? you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The apostles were very sure that everything of theirs which had to do with salvation was a gift to them from God.… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
In proportion as the ardor of divine love brings you nearer to God, so will a larger concourse of saintly brethren flock… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Everything we do, our every objective, must be undertaken for the sake of... purity of heart... we must practice the reading of… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
We must, with God's help, eradicate the deadly poison of the demon of anger from the depths of our souls. So long… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
When the soul is solidly rooted in... peacefulness, when it is freed of the bonds of every carnal urge, when the unshaking… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...the souls of the dead [are] not deprived of their intellectual faculties but... they also are not lacking in feelings such as… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...works of piety and charity... are necessary in this present life for as long as inequality prevails. Their workings here would not… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
... there is clearly expressed for us? what it is we must attribute either to free will or to the decision and… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...just as the edifice of all the virtues strives upward toward perfect prayer so will all these virtues be neither sturdy nor… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Men seized of the urge to have a knowledge of God and to be pure in mind devote all their gathered energies… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...unless the grace of God comes to the help of our frailty, to protect and defend it, no man can withstand the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
... a Christian is quite certain to fall into the same sins which he condemns in another with merciless and inhuman severity,… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
No just man suffices unto himself for the winning of justification. The divine mercy must always hold out a hand to his… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
... when death has been brought upon a saint, we ought not to think that an evil has happened to him but… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The second request of the very pure soul is to see the coming of the Father's kingdom (cf. Mt. 6:10). What this… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If the kingdom of God is within us and that is a kingdom of justice, of peace, and of joy then whoever… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Let everybody know this. He shall be assigned to the place and to the service to which he gave and devoted himself… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...we know that God arranges the opportunities for salvation in different ways. Our situation is that we respond eagerly or in a… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
True spiritual knowledge has sometimes flourished most grandly in some who were without eloquence and almost illiterate. And this is very clearly… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Perfection... is clearly not achieved simply by being naked, by the lack of wealth or by the rejection of honors, unless there… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...just as the edifice of all the virtues strives upward toward perfect prayer so will all these virtues be neither sturdy nor enduring unless… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...the souls of the dead [are] not deprived of their intellectual faculties but... they also are not lacking in feelings such as hope and… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves. — John Cassian Copy Share Image
In proportion as the ardor of divine love brings you nearer to God, so will a larger concourse of saintly brethren flock to you.… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Everything we do, our every objective, must be undertaken for the sake of... purity of heart... we must practice the reading of the Scripture,… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge and understanding… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
When the soul is solidly rooted in... peacefulness, when it is freed of the bonds of every carnal urge, when the unshaking thrust of… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
We are often indifferent to our brethren who are distressed or upset, on the grounds that they are in this state through no fault… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The apostles were very sure that everything of theirs which had to do with salvation was a gift to them from God. 'Increase our… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the divine and… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
“It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us.” — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong? you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch the sickness… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
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