Quotes by Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.

Believe

Saint

Terrible

Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind.

Children

Father

Thinking

So in every test, let us say: “Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation.”

Salvation

Saying Thank You

Tests

The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin.

Goal

Sin

Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!

Airplane

Airports

Land

We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ, and received the Holy Marking, the seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

God

Long

Truth

When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition.

Father

Little Things

Respect

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Quotes by Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint.

Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind.

So in every test, let us say: “Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation.”

The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin.

Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land!

We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ, and received the Holy Marking, the seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition.

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