“If I prayed God that all men should approve of my conduct, I should find myself a penitent at the door of each one, but I shall rather pray that my heart may be pure towards all.”
Amma Sarah
Desert Mother
“Just as one cannot build a ship unless one has some nails, so it is impossible to be saved without humility.”
Amma Syncletica
Desert Mother
“No human being can take God as his Father unless he takes the Church as his mother.”
St. Cyprian
Church Father
When faced with people saying to him “The world is against you, Athanasius!” St. Athanasius replied, ” Then I am against the world.”
Abba Athanasius the Great
Church Father
