“Especially for Our Most-Holy, Pure, Blessed and Glorious Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary…”
Saint John Chrysostom
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“The purity of spouses is their faithfulness to each other. The purity of virgins and widows married to Christ is their faithfulness to Him.”
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov
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“None of those who gained chastity should take credit for it, as it is impossible that any one defeats his own nature. But when nature is defeated then you can know the coming of Him, Who is above nature, because the least can be defeated by the biggest without any doubts.”
Saint John Climacus
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“Some people appreciate eunuchs because of their nature, as they are free from corporal temptation. But I appreciate those, who emasculates himself with his mind like with a knife.”
Saint John Climacus
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“You cannot live chastely, if there is no humility in your heart.”
Saint John Cassian
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“No sacrifice is more fragrant in the sight of God than purity of body, which is realised through… great struggles.”
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
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“When we are troubled by a fleshly passion, the fault is not always the body’s. The warfare of the flesh can also arise from thoughts of judgment and pride. Therefore, let us first discover the cause of the temptation, and then respond to it accordingly.”
Saint Paisios the Athonite
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“We cannot fully acquire the virtue of purity unless we have first acquired real humility of heart.”
Saint John Cassian
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“Nothing makes demons happy more than filth of lust, and they like no passion more than one, which desecrates the body.”
Saint John Climacus
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“If adultery appeals to you, kill it through humility, and turn to God to be comforted. If you are fought by the beauty of the body, remember how it rots after death so you become consoled.”
Saint Moses the Ethiopian
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“Pure life can easily breach even the devil’s will.”
Saint John Chrysostom
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“Pray hard to God so that He gifts you the spirit of perfect chastity. Then you will avoid the scheme of devil even in your night dreams.”
Saint Ephrem the Syrian
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“Chastity is not only abstinence from lechery and carnal pleasures, but freedom from other passions as well.”
Saint Ephrem the Syrian
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“Those are chaste, who preserve from lust not just the body, but each part of it. For example, when your eye and your tongue are chaste in their own ways and when Spiritual thoughts of a person are not confused with other intentions.”
Saint Ephrem the Syrian
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