A brother asked an old man: “O father, I desire to protect my heart.” The old man said to him: “How can you guard your heart and your mouth, which […]

An old man said: “If you sit in your cell, do not be like a grave full of impurities, but be like a vessel full of precious gold.

Abba Youssef said to Abba Besir: “I cannot control my tongue.” The sheikh said: “If you speak, you will not feel comfortable.”

This is the chaste order beloved of the Lord: let a person’s eyes not wander here and there, let him look only ahead of him, and not speak.

Another said: “If a young man does not sleep while sitting, as long as he has the strength in his body, then he is incapable and negligent. And every young man lies on

A brother said to Abba Timothy: “I always see myself in God’s hands.” He said to him: “This is not surprising, but what is more surprising is that he sees

A sheikh said: “I know a person from the people of Al-Qalali who fasted the entire Easter Friday, so when the time for the meeting was on the eve of...

Abba Sissawis Al-Saidi: It was said about him that he was living in Ghaydah, and another old man was sick in Al-Siq, and when he heard that, he was sad, because

Question: “Tell me, Father, how a person monitors his heart, how he fights against Satan, and whether he should block the entrance to speech.”

There was a man named Dakias who lived in a mountain in Jerusalem. He did not pray with anyone at all, and suddenly he dared to serve the Mass.

They mentioned about one of the brothers that he was next door to a distinguished sheikh, so he used to enter his cell every day and steal what he found.

He also said: “If we loved God as we love our friends, we would be blessed, because I saw someone who grieved his friend, and he did not even find peace.”