Knowing God Quotes

“The spiritual man is like the eagle, the other resembles the cock. The spiritual man meditates day and night on the law of the Lord, and in prayer, rises towards God; whereas the mind of the indifferent man is tied to the earth or engaged in idle thoughts. The soul of the spiritual man delights in peace, whereas the other’s soul remains empty and distracted. Like the eagle, the spiritual man soars in the heights, and with his soul feels God and beholds the whole world, though he be praying in the darkness of night; whereas the soul of the man who is not spiritual delights in vainglory or in riches or seeks the pleasures of the flesh. And when the spiritual man meets with his opposite, their discourse is tedious and burdensome for both of them.[1] —St. Silouan the Athonite”
― Anthony M. Coniaris, Knowing God: Life's Highest Purpose and Joy