Eastern Orthodox saint
A 7th-century bishop who left his post after five months and disappeared into the mountains to write. His texts on asceticism and mercy crossed every Christian schism that followed — Church of the East, Catholic, Orthodox — and still circulate under half a dozen names.
Isaac was born around 613 and became a bishop in the Church of the East sometime in the 7th century, appointed to Nineveh. He held the office for roughly five months before resigning and retreating into solitude. There, he turned to writing — producing works on Christian asceticism that would outlive the ecclesiastical borders of his time. His texts on spiritual practice and divine mercy were copied and translated across traditions that rarely agreed on anything else. He's venerated as a saint across the Church of the East, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Syriac Orthodox churches. His fe…
Sourced, dated quotes from Isaac of Nineveh
What is a charitable heart? It is a heart which is burning with love for the whole creation, for men, for the birds, for the beasts … for all creatures.
In the measure that love for the flesh prevails in you
There is nothing so capable of banishing the inveterate habits of licentiousness from our soul
If the heart is not occupied with study
Be peaceful within yourself
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