When someone begins to say, ‘What does it matter if I say that word, eat that little morsel, feast my eyes on that?’ he falls into bad habits and runs the risk of gradually falling into insensibility. For both virtues and vices start from slight things and lead to greater ones, either good or bad.
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When you see someone who does not live a righteous life, but he speaks with persuasive words, remember the demon who spoke to Christ in the Bible when he went to the desert.
– St. Paphnutius the Ascetic, The Lausiac History
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When we are beset by temptations, that’s when the Grace of God comes. When one undergoes temptation, he recognises his weakness, is humbled and attracts the Grace of God. Don’t let the winds of temptation affect you. They can’t do you any harm.
– St. Amphilochios Makris of Patmos
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