“When we feel upset we should chant. Chanting drives away the devil because it’s prayer and at the same time it’s contempt for the tempter. We shouldn’t fight blasphemous thoughts with the Jesus prayer – that just opens up a new front with the devil and he attacks us even more. We ought to chant hymns instead and when the devil sees us treating his suggestions with disdain he’ll get so angry he’ll go to pieces.”
Elder Paisios
~Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos