Paisios Of Mount Quotes & Sayings

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! — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos

I feel like I've joined an enormous club, something like the Veterans of Foreign Wars. We are weary with battle fatigue and sometimes even gripped by nostalgia for the good old, bad old days, but our numbers are large. — Theo Pauline Nestor

The customer is not always right. — Chris Pine

Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you are a saint. — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos

Must you always speak with so many pop culture references?"
"I must, yes, but no one's making pop culture anymore, so I'm starting to feel dated. I haven't seen a new movie in two years. And you know what else I just realized?"
The doctor stared at him.
"I'm never going to find out what the hell was going on with Lost. I mean, was it just sheer coincidence their plane crashed on the island or was it this Jacob guy pulling the strings all along? And how did most of them end up back in the 1970s with the Dharma people? — Peter Clines

We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ, and received the Holy Marking, the seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit. — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos

My mom's always saying really smart things ... like, you probably heard this one, 'Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?' Wish I'd listened to that one. — Amy Schumer

Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent. — Cleopatra

Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind. — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos

The goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin. — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos

[T]he public library is where those without money, power, access, university affiliation, or advanced degrees can get information for free.. — Siva Vaidhyanathan

My visage high above your city,
Shines like gold, but half as pretty.
Arms I've none, but hands I've two:
Mondo, mini, black not blue.
Climb my stairs and have no fears,
All that threatens are my gears.
Tucked beneath the mightly wheel,
An envelpe shall truth reveal. — Megan Frazer Blakemore

When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition. — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos

Her oil-black hair's sort of punky. She must use gel. I'd love to gel her gel in for her. — David Mitchell

So in every test, let us say: "Thank you, my God, because this was needed for my salvation." — Elder Paisios Of Mount Athos