There is another fear which is caused by lack of self-confidence.
The fear of failure or of the unknown future, or the fear of meeting a superior or facing a specific situation.
—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Words of Spiritual Benefit Vol. 1
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An ordinary person is concerned with his own comfort, even if it comes at the expense of others. But a person with values finds true rest when he toils for the sake of making others comfortable.
To him, the meaning of rest is providing comfort to other people, not to himself. He believes rest is that of his conscience, not of his body.
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Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things about which there is something to be done.
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Always keep the same measure of self-control; otherwise through irregularity you will go from one extreme to another.
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The intellect that has shut out the senses, and has achieved a balance in the body’s temperament, has to fight only against its memories.
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The thoughts that encompass all evil are eight in number: those of gluttony, unchastity, avarice, anger, dejection, listlessness, self-esteem and pride. It does not lie within our power to decide whether or not these eight thoughts are going to arise and disturb us. But to dwell on them or not to dwell on them, to excite the passions or not to excite them, does lie within our power.
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When you are not permitted to enjoy long seasons of leisure, economize the short ones; ten minutes thus faithfully employed before God, in the midst of your distractions, will be as valuable to you as whole hours devoted to Him, in your more unoccupied moments. Farther, these little odds and ends of time, will amount to quite a sum in the course of the day, and present this advantage, that God will very likely have been more in mind than if you had given it to Him all at once.
—François Fénelon, Spiritual Progress
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Your glory is in your personality, not in your position or authority or outer appearance. Your glory is in your essence, in your spirituality, in your nature, in your sense, in your wisdom, in all that is found within your heart of virtues and good qualities.
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