The perceptive faculty natural to our soul is single, but it is split into two distinct modes of operation as a result of Adam's disobedience. - Diadochos of Photiki

No one can love God consciously in his heart unless he has first feared Him with all his heart. Through the action of fear the soul is purified and, as it were, made malleable and so it becomes awakened to the action of love.

With tears we sow seeds of prayer in the earth of the heart, hoping to reap the harvest in joy.

Spiritual discourse always keeps the soul free from self-esteem, for it gives every part of the soul a sense of light, so that it no longer needs the praise of men.