“Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.” - Mark 1:35 

“Solitude gives birth to prayer.” Abba Anthony 

“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” - Matthew 6:6 

“Teach your mouth to say what is in your heart.” Abba Poemen 

“When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven,  may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread.  Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’” - Luke 11:1-4 

“Often I have spoken and regretted it; never have I regretted silence.” Abba Arsenius 

“He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.” - Mark 9:29 

“Fasting humbles the body; prayer humbles the soul.” Abba Moses 

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.” - Matthew 7:7 

““Knock with humility, and the door will open.” Abba Macarius 

“He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up, - Luke 18:1 

“Do not abandon prayer because it seems dry.” Abba Isaac 

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” - Matthew 26:41 

“Prayer is warfare to the last breath.” Abba Anthony 

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” - Luke 14:11 

“Remain low, and you will not fall.” Abba Poemen 

“Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?” - Matthew 6:25-26 

“Trust God, and anxiety will flee.” Abba Macarius 

“But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.” - Luke 9:62 

“Always be a stranger to the world.” Abba Arsenius