Maqara al-Katib said: I wanted to enter the city of Alexandria to fulfill some of my needs, and when I entered the city, a man I did not know met me outside.

Abba Daniel was once walking with his student on a road, and when they approached a place called Armon of Medina, he said to his student: “Go

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

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.

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

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.

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

They talked about a free, chaste, and quiet virgin in her home. A bad young man fell in love with her, and he did not stop coming to her house. When the virgin felt

A chaste mouth speaks good things, pleases its owner, and brings joy to its listeners. He whose speech is orderly and chaste, and who is pure in his heart, is a son of the inheritance of Christ.

Let the brother who stays with you be like a son and a disciple, and if he makes a mistake and spoils something, admonish him and reveal to him his mistake so that he does not return.

It was said that one of the fathers was sitting in the distant prairie and was silent, and one day his student asked him, saying: “Why, father?”