The higher a person’s position in society the more he should help others without ever reminding them of his position.

St. Nicholas II, Czar of Russia

Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty.  For a great part of the world lives in poverty.  Do not say, “I am the son of a rich man.  It is shameful for me to be in poverty.”  Christ, your Heavenly Father, Who gave birth to you in the baptistery, is not in worldly riches.  Rather He walked in poverty and had nowhere to lay His head. 

St. Gennadius of Constantinople

Thou, O Christ, art the Kingdom of Heaven; 

Thou, the land promised to the meet; 

Thou, the meadowland of Paradise; 

Thou, the hall of the celestial banquet; 

Thou, the ineffable bridal chamber; 

Thou, the table set for all; 

Thou, the bread of life; 

Thou, the unheard-of drink; 

Thou, both the urn for the water and the life giving water; 

Thou, moreover, the inextinguishable lamp for each one of the saints; 

Thou, the garment and the crown and the One Who bestoweth the crowns; 

Thou, the joy and rest; 

Thou, the delight and glory; 

Thou, the gladness and mirth; 

And Thy grace, the grace of the Spirit of all sanctity, will shine like the sun in all the saints; 

And Thou, the unapproachable Sun, wilt shine in their midst, and all will shine brightly, according to the measure of their faith, their asceticism, their hope and their love, their purification, and their illumination by Thy Spirit.

St. Symeon the New Theologian

Run from places of sin as from the plague. For when fruit is not present, we have no frequent desire to eat it.

St. John Climacus

To deny oneself means to give up one's bad habits; to root out of the heart all that ties us to the world; not to cherish bad thoughts and ideas; to suppress every evil thought; to avoid occasions of sin; not to desire or do anything out of self-love, but to do everything out of love for God. 

St. Innocent of Alaska