And "withdrawal from the world" is nothing but the destruction of passions and manifestation of the innermost life in Christ.

If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.

If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.

If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.

Listen to others' advice and deliberate yourself. Only fools acts thoughtlessly, without consideration!

The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.

The acme of faith is... immersion of the mind in God.

From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki

Love enters only one gates - the spiritual heart opened towards! And then the reciprocal wave of love arises in it, streaming outside. In that way love lives and grows.

Love takes nothing: how can it take something? Everything belongs to it. It does not say, "This is mine! And this is mine!" But it says: "This is yours!"

The acme of love is to enhance your friendly attitude to those who insult and revile you.

A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.

Years of living in the hope that what you'll get will be better than what you have. Years of looking and feeling worse in the hope that you might look better.

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.

The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?

I can almost imagine a happiness without her, the ability to let her go, to feel our roots are connected even if I never see that leaf of grass again.'

The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance.

Many companies routinely do things that are not important. They fail to prioritize. They get involved with details that don't matter.

Your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.

There just comes a time when it's so clear that moving on is the best decision.