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“I told him that the soul could be freed from sinful thoughts only by guarding the mind and cleansing the heart and that this could be done by interior prayer. I added that according to the holy Fathers, one who performs saving works simply from the fear of hell follows the way of bondage, and one who does the same just in order to be rewarded with the Kingdom of Heaven follows the path of a bargainer with God. The one they call a slave, the other a hireling. But God wants us to come to him as children to their father. He wants us to behave ourselves honorably from love for him and zeal for his service. He wants us to find our happiness in uniting ourselves with him in a saving union of mind and heart.”
― Way of a Pilgrim, The; and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
― Way of a Pilgrim, The; and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
“It has been granted to you to understand that the heavenly light of unceasing interior prayer is attained neither by the wisdom of this world, nor by the mere outward desire of knowledge, but that on the contrary it is found in poverty of spirit and in active experience in simplicity of heart.”
― The Way of a Pilgrim
― The Way of a Pilgrim
“The Christian is bound to perform many good works, but before all else what he ought to do is to pray, for without prayer no other good work whatever can be accomplished. Without prayer he cannot find the way to the Lord, he cannot understand the truth, he cannot crucify the flesh with its passions and lusts, his heart cannot be enlightened with the light of Christ, he cannot be savingly united to God. None of those things can be effected unless they are preceded by constant prayer.”
― The Way of a Pilgrim
― The Way of a Pilgrim
“No prayer, good or bad, fails in God's sight.”
― Way of a Pilgrim, The; and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
― Way of a Pilgrim, The; and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
