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Because if you desire to have something in all
your treasure in God is not purely your all.” —St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel
“It is impossible to believe that Christ is Risen, while we are afraid of death…” —St. Gregory Palamas
“Man’s will, out of cowardice, tends away from suffering, and man, against his own will, remains utterly dominated by the fear of death, and, in his desire to live, clings to his slavery to pleasure.” —St. Maximus the Confessor
