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1807–1867 Russia
Saint Ignatius (Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, Дмитрий Александрович Брянчанинов, 1807–1867) was a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Also known as: Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
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Do not content yourself with unproductive reading of the Gospels; strive to fulfill its commandments, read it with deeds. This is the book of life, and one must read it with one's life.
As someone who is in one mind and heart with the Holy Fathers, you will be saved.
Try to integrate the Gospel into your mind and heart so that your mind will in a manner of speaking, swim in it, live in it. Then your every action will truly become evangelical.
Even in Eden, the mind tried to acquire knowledge without wisdom and attentiveness, and the knowledge proved to be lethal!
Conversation and acquaintance with a saint will impart sanctity.
If you think that you love God, but in your heart lives an unpleasant disposition toward even one person, you are grievously self-deluded.
All the saints assiduously avoided distraction. Constantly, or at the very least as often as possible, they concentrated their thoughts within themselves, paying attention to every movement of the mind and heart, directing these according to the commands of the Gospels.
The only mind that is healthy is the one that wholly and completely follows the teaching of Christ.
He who has felt spiritual love will only despise carnal love, seeing it for the unsightly parody of love that it is.
The spiritual harvest requires a heart that is harrowed by repentance, softened by compunction, and irrigated by tears.
Our helmsman, the mind, sometimes loses his way and takes our whole life along with him down the wrong path.
Those who desire to learn attentiveness must reject all empty activity in their lives.
Despair is a mortal sin; it is the rejection of an active, living faith in Christ.
Let us not foolishly waste our abilities of soul and body; let us not bring them as a sacrifice to the vain and fading world.
A desire fulfilled is a desire that will return with twice the demands.
Being offended at the sins of others is a serious spiritual disease.
The books of the Holy Fathers, according to the words of one of their number, are like a mirror—the soul who looks at them often and with attention will be able to see its deficiencies.
Do you want to learn to love God? Separate yourself from any word, deed, thought and feeling forbidden by the Gospels.
It is harder to fool the conscience than the mind. The conscience is capable of fighting long and hard against the mind deluded by its love of sin.
Let us guard our senses, not allowing them to be the channel for sin to enter into the cell of the soul.
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