Hell: Keeping the Mind in

From Monachos Patristic Quotations Index

St Isaiah the Solitary

• 'Keep hell's torments in mind; but know that your Helper is at hand. Do nothing that will grieve Him, but say to Him with tears, "Be merciful and deliver me, O Lord, for without Thy help I cannot escape from the hands of my enemies." Be attentive to your heart, and He will guard you from all evil.' (On Guarding the Intellect: Twenty-Seven Texts, 6; in the Philokalia, vol. i, p. 23.)

St Silouan of Mount Athos

• 'Keep your mind in hell, and despair not.' ^{<citation needed>}