The Philokalia Quotes

“Nothing so readily renews the decrepit soul, and enables it to approach the Lord, as fear of God, attentiveness, constant meditation on the words of Scripture, the arming of oneself with prayer, and spiritual progress through the keeping of vigils.”
― Brock Bingaman, The Philokalia: A Classic Text of Orthodox Spirituality

“true knowledge of the Word cannot arise without the practice of vigilance, or what Hesychios calls “the guarding of the intellect.”
― Brock Bingaman, The Philokalia: A Classic Text of Orthodox Spirituality