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

- Evagrius Ponticus

... 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…

- Evagrius Ponticus

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…

- Evagrius Ponticus

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…

- Evagrius Ponticus

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

- Evagrius Ponticus

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

- Evagrius Ponticus

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

- Evagrius Ponticus

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…

- Evagrius Ponticus

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…

- Evagrius Ponticus