Athanasios (correspondent of Isidore of Pelusium) & Isidore of Pelusium

If you imagine that being tall makes you greater than other people, the giant Nimrod far surpassed you, as did the...

I hear that flatterers hang on your every word, swearing that everything you do is excellent — even if what you...

Whoever, having seen the ineffable and surpassing beauty of self-control, was not conquered by its attraction — let...

I have received what you sent, and I recognize in it the spirit of one who genuinely seeks rather than one who...

When someone treats you unjustly, Athanasios, the natural response is to respond in kind.

Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.

Flatterers are not friends — they are parasites who feed on your vanity and disappear when your power fades.

God's judgment is certain, and no amount of cleverness or delay can avoid it.