Don’t be sad and don’t be sadden by your passions, with all the troubles that come upon you. Unfurl the sails of your soul and sail on the ocean of life with confidence, guided by the prayers of our Father. Take out the water that drowns your soul coming through the small orifice of our senses – the passionate, unrestrained sense of sight and hearing, the smell of the anointed body , the sweetened taste, the intentional or unintentional touching of your own body or another. And if a fervent wind draws you towards defilement, furl your sails with true humbleness. Also, when one of the ropes of your spiritual ship becomes thinner, strengthen it by controlling your mind.

(Translation from St. Theodore of Studium, Cuvântări duhovnicești, Editura Episcopia Alba Iulia, Alba Iulia, 1994, p. 65)