"𝓐 𝓫𝓸𝔂 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻'𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽. 𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽."
- 𝓔𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓔𝓰𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓼

"𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓪 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓮, 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮, 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓻𝓰𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓮𝓼."

“𝓘 𝓯𝓮𝓵𝓽 𝓶𝔂 𝓵𝓾𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓯𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻𝔂 - 𝓪𝓲𝓻, 𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓼, 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓼, 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮. 𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽, 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂.”
- 𝓢𝔂𝓵𝓿𝓲𝓪 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓱

“𝓘𝓷 𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓫𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮.”
- 𝓢𝓽. 𝓐𝓾𝓰𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮

"Live as simply as you can. Do not make your own lives difficult. Too many conveniences turn people into slaves."
St. Paisios of Mount Athos