101. Just as bread is nourishment for the body and virtue for the soul, so is spiritual prayer nourishment for the intelligence. - Evagrius Ponticus

97. One of the brethren owned only a book of the Gospels. He sold this and gave the money for the support of the poor. He made a statement that deserves remembrance: "I have sold the very word that speaks to me saying: 'Sell your possessions and give to the poor.'"

Just as it is possible to think of water both while thirsty and while not thirsty, so it is possible to think of gold with greed and without greed. The same applies to other things.

114. Do not by any means strive to fashion some image or visualize some form at the time of prayer.