Vigilance
From Monachos Patristic Quotations Index
- "Vigilance is a cause of purity of heart, and therefore also a cause of the vision of God, which is granted by grace to the pure, and which raises purity of heart to blessed dispasssion." The Arena, pg. 130
- "Vigilance is inseparable from unceasing prayer. It is born of prayer, and it gives birth to prayer." The Arena, pg. 130
- "Vigilance is spiritual life. Vigilance is heavenly life. Vigilance is true humility which concentrates all its hope on God..." The Arena, pg. 130
- "Vigilance is obtained gradually. It is acquired by long continued practice." The Arena, pg. 131
