“And therefore, if you would prepare in your heart a holy tabernacle of spiritual knowledge, purge yourselves from the stain of all sins."

“If we seek God, he will show himself to us, and if we keep him, he will remain close to us.”

“Imitate the publican, and you will not be condemned with the Pharisee. Choose the meekness of Moses and you will find your heart which is a rock changed into a spring of water.”

“Many people living secluded lives on the mountain have perished by living like people in the world. It is better to live in a crowd and want to live a solitary life than to live a solitary life but all the time be longing for company.”

“Habit is a powerful agent, and by degrees is changed into nature itself; so that some call it a second nature.”

True patience and tranquility is neither gained nor retained without profound humility of heart.

Abba John said to his brother, 'Even if we are entirely despised in the eyes of men, let us rejoice that we are honored in the sight of God.'

Amma Olympias was a “...partner of the divine Word, a consort of every true humility, a companion and servant of the holy, catholic and apostolic Church of God.”

"Since the day I was called a monk, no lie has come out of my mouth."

“By an invincible patience he bore all afflictions and rebukes without a word of complaint; he sincerely looked upon himself as the outcast of the world; and he spoke to all with the most engaging sweetness and charity.”