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Faith furnishes prayer with wings, without which it cannot soar to Heaven (John Climacus Quotes)
Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. (John Climacus Quotes)
Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. ‘Judge not, so that you may not be judged’ (Lk. 6:37) (John Climacus Quotes)
I know a man who, when he saw a woman of striking beauty, praised the Creator for her. The sight of her lit within him the love of God (John Climacus Quotes)
Fight to escape from your own cleverness. If you do, then you will find salvation and uprightness through Jesus Christ our Lord (John Climacus Quotes)
The friend of silence comes close to God. In secret he converses with him and receives his light (John Climacus Quotes)
The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him (John Climacus Quotes)
Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate (John Climacus Quotes)
Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts (John Climacus Quotes)
A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself (John Climacus Quotes)
Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility (John Climacus Quotes)
Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness (John Climacus Quotes)
We know the utility of prayer from the efforts of the wicked spirits to distract us during the divine office; and we experience the fruit of prayer in the defeat of our enemies (John Climacus Quotes)
Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons (John Climacus Quotes)
Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark (John Climacus Quotes)
The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character (John Climacus Quotes)
Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind (John Climacus Quotes)
Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated with the spirit of penitence will never be able to tell lies (John Climacus Quotes)
The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous (John Climacus Quotes)
It can happen that when we are at prayer some brothers come to see us. Then we have to choose either to interrupt our prayer or to sadden our brother by refusing to answer him. But love is greater than prayer. Prayer is one virtue among others, whereas love contains them all (John Climacus Quotes)
As fire does not give birth to snow, so those who seek honor here will not enjoy it in heaven... As those who climb a rotten ladder are in danger, so all honor, glory, and power are opposed to humility (John Climacus Quotes)
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul is still excited. The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm (John Climacus Quotes)
Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven’s gate. Holy humility opens it (John Climacus Quotes)
It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions and they find out how poor they really are only after they die (John Climacus Quotes)