The man who has once chosen pleasure in this life, and has not cured his inconsiderateness by repentance, places the land of the good beyond his own reach; for he has dug against himself the yawning impassable abyss of a necessity that nothing can break through.
-St. Gregory of Nyssa

A modern monk heard it said, and taught his brothers, that money is like manure. Unless it is quickly spread around, it does no good, but scorches and defiles what it covers.
- Evergetinos

If your tongue is used to chattering, your heart will remain dim and foreign to the luminous intuitions of the Holy Spirit. But if your mouth is silent, your heart will ever be aflame with the spirit…hush your tongue that your heart may speak, and hush your heart that God may speak.

St. John of Dalyatha
Homily on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
-St. John of Dalyatha, Homily on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit