Anthony the Great

"Just as fish die if they stay too long out of water, so the monks who loiter outside their cells or pass their time with men of the world lose the intensity of inner peace. So like a fish going toward…"

"To those who have an active belief, reasoned proofs are needless and probably useless."

"Hate the world and all that is in it. Hate all peace that comes from the flesh. Renounce this life, so that you may be alive to God."

"To one whose mind is sound, letters are needless."

"I am going the way of my fathers, as the Scripture says, for I see myself called by the Lord. Be you wary and undo not your long service of God, but be earnest to keep your strong purpose, as though y…"

"If we would despise the enemy, our thoughts must always be of God and our souls always glad with hope."

"Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in v…"

"St. Athanasius of Alexandria and St. Antony the Great"