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 […]

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.

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.

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 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...

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