Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer..

God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God..

The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend..

Prayer is the laying aside of thoughts..

Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you are not a burden to anyone,….

If your spirit still looks around at the time of prayer, then it does not yet pray as a monk. You are no better than a man of affairs engaged in a ki….

The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He ente….

A man who worships in Spirit and Truth no longer honors the Creator because of His works, but praises Him because of Himself..

Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42) ? to h….

He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger to the ways of the Saviou….

... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny the Creator. An….

If you patiently accept what comes, you will always pray with joy..

Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for you, while you cling ….

A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man..

Prayer is the fruit of joy and thankfulness..

Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance..