Praying Without Distraction

Εἶπε πάλιν· Ἀπελθὼν πώλησον σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, καὶ δὸς πτωχοίς· καὶ λαβὼν τὸν σταυρὸν, ἀπάρνησαι σεαυτόν· ἵνα δυνηθῇς ἀπερισπάστως προσεύχεσθαι.  ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Father Nilus said, ' Go out and sell what you have and give it to the poor, and take up the cross and deny yourself; then you will be able to pray without distraction.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia