Amma syncletica sayings

1. "If you find yourself in a monastery, do not go to another place, for that will harm you a great deal. Just as the bird who abandons the eggs she was sitting on prevents them from hatching, so the monk or nun grows cold and their faith dies when they go from one place to another."

2. "Just as a treasure that is exposed loses its value, so a virtue which is known vanishes. Just as wax melts in the presence of fire, so the soul is consumed by praise and loses all the results of its labor."

3. "Do not be always wanting everything to turn out as you think it should, but rather as God pleases; then you will be undisturbed and thankful in your prayer."

4. "The demons are more afraid of the watchful than of the praying monk."

5. "Do not be always wanting everything to turn out as you think it should, but rather as God pleases; then you will be undisturbed and thankful in your prayer."

6. "If you see a young monk climbing up to heaven by his own will, grab him by the foot and throw him to the ground, for it is not good for him."

7. "Just as a treasure that is exposed loses its value, so a virtue which is known vanishes. Just as wax melts in the presence of fire, so the soul is consumed by praise and loses all the results of its labor."

8. "A monk who has not experienced temptation cannot enter the kingdom of heaven."

9. "The demons are more afraid of the watchful than of the praying monk."

10. "If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, serve the Lord with all your heart."

Above is Amma syncletica sayings.