“God gave you your soul to be responsible for it before Him, like a steward who was entrusted with a stewardship. Are you busy with it or with others?”
“The love which does not sacrifice is a barren love, without fruit.”
“The resurrection drew men’s attention to the glories of the other world; thus, the evanescent enjoyment of this perishable world diminished.”
“Your nature is not evil. Evil is an intruder.”
“As for the one who is self-centered, he never knows love as it should be. And if he does love, his love would not be capable of enduring as it should be.”
Coptic Pope Shenouda