SO GOOD QUOTES

It is impossible to overcome these passions unless we can rise above attachment to food and possessions, to self-esteem and even to our very body, because it is through the body that the demons often attempt to attack us. It is essential, then, to imitate people who are in danger at sea and throw things overboard because of the violence of the winds and the threatening waves.

—Evagrios the Solitary,Texts on Discrimination in Respect of Passions and Thoughts