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He also said: “It is good to eat flesh and to drink wine and not to eat the flesh of your brothers in backbiting.”

Abba Hyperechios said: “Just as a lion is fearsome to the wild asses, so is the well-tried monk to lascivious logismoi.”

He also said: “The monk’s treasure is voluntary destitution; lay [it] up in heaven, brother, for the ages of repose are limitless.”

He also said: “Let your consciousness always dwell on the Kingdom of Heaven and soon you shall inherit it.”

The contemplative quiet (hēsychía) of the monk with a pure heart wins over the Holy Spirit.

The law is a fountain of life in the hand of the monk who practices the ascetic life.

A monk with his face lit up with joy through ascetic practice provides inward stillness and he overthrows evil thoughts.

Monk, store up treasure in heaven; endless will be the ages of your inward stillness.

Tears (are) the cleansing river of Jordan (for) sins.
Christ said, “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”

The Lord listens to the monk as he prays the nightly prayers with a pure heart.
During the day the Lord makes him shine and will proclaim him pure.

The life of a monk should emulate that of an angel, a life that destroys sin with conflagration of flame.
The life of a monk is a whole burnt offering for those who repent.

He also said: “By whispering, the serpent expelled Eve from Paradise, and he who bites back at his neighbor is like it, for he ruins the soul of him who hears and does not keep his own safe.”

The crown of a monk is peace and sanctity.
The person who has acquired these will see the Lord.

A monk is (continually) lashed by a gale storm of thoughts.
But let him firmly strengthen himself with the words of the angels.

Gold is tested by fire in a fiery furnace, and a monk will be recognized as a true monk by a multitude of monks.
So, then, the genuine will be saved.

The one who is above fleshly desires will be found shining more brightly than snow.
Desiring Christ rather than gold, he will see Christ crowning him on the Day of Generosity.

Christ is a fountain ever flowing.
Draw (water) from it. Extinguish the foul-smelling burning conflagration.

A monk who does not have the passions, in whom there is no love of money, is a pure lamp upon the earth.
“A love of money is the root of all evil,” and never bears good fruit.

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