John Cassian

"The bond between friends cannot be broken by chance; no interval of time or space can destroy it. Not even death itself can part true friends"

- John Cassian

"I believe that it is impossible to grasp all the different forms of prayer without great purity of heart and soul. There are as many forms of prayer as there are states of soul. A person pays in a certain manner when cheerful and in another when weighed down by sadness or a sense of hopelessness. When one is flourishing spiritually, prayer is different from when one is oppressed by the extent of one's struggles."

- John Cassian