"Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."

...that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

Thoughts are like airplanes flying in the air. If you ignore them, there is no problem. If you pay attention to them, you create an airport inside your head and permit them to land! - St. Paisios

"I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was."

"But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart."

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

However many passions afflict us, they never rise up as many. They only come against us as one.

“Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”