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The soul completely dominated by its desire for spiritual instruction is never sated. It is because of this that Wisdom says of herself, 'Those who eat Me will still be hungry' (Eccles. 24:21); while the Lord, who has instilled this divine desire in the soul, says of Mary who chose 'what is best' that it will not be taken away from her (cf. Luke 10:42).

— Gregory Palamas To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia (1344)

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Do you see? There exists a kind of knowledge that is without love. It does not purify the psyche in any way, but kills it, as it lacks the love that is the head, the body, and very root of all virtue.

Anyone who considers himself guilty before God and repents must believe that the reproach and contempt of others towards him is just and to be endured.

How can someone have the freedom to choose and the power to act freely, unless he were able to be evil, should he so wish?

As the separation of the soul from the body is the death of the body, so the separation of God from the soul is the death of the soul. And this death of the soul is the true death.

To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia (1344)

Let us take off our life’s complex covering of rapacity and greed, since it is ugly in God’s sight and condemned, and let us put on, as the elect of God, compassion, humility, modesty and meekness.

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