“The river of our life is interrupted by the turbulent period of youth.”
“The chief aim of a Christian upbringing: That a man…might say within himself that he is a Christian.”
“A good attitude is not only formed by bodily discipline, but rather must be formed by positive action on all his powers: mind, will and heart.”
“Train the child (and ourselves!) to investigate what is considered essential for him but refrain from and avoid everything else.”
“Baptism is the door leading to Christ.”
“The sign of the Cross gives us great strength to repel and conquer evil and to do good, but we must remember to make the sign of the Cross correctly and without haste…”
– Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy
“One can be counted a Christian and not be a Christian. This everyone knows.”
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The Psalter
“If we keep vigil in church,
David [i.e. Psalms] comes first, last and central.”
– St. John Chrysostom
“If we understand the commandments of Christ and of the Apostles aright, our business as Christians consists not in increasing the number of our good deeds which are only the means of furthering the purpose of our Christian life, but in deriving from them the utmost profit, that is in acquiring the most abundant gifts of the Holy Spirit.”
…and in the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and Son together is worshiped and glorified…
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St. Job of Pochaev
“You strengthened all people in Orthodoxy, Job, our venerable father; pray that our souls may be saved.”
– Troparion of St. Job
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A Prayer Rule
“…the most important thing is standing before God
with the mind in the heart with devotion
and heartfelt prostration to Him.”
– St. Theophan the Recluse
Orthodoxy of the Heart 
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