The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God. — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions. — Arsenius the Great Copy Share Image
Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do. — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
Our wickedness shall not overpower the unspeakable goodness and mercy of God; our dullness shall not overpower God's wisdom, nor our infirmity… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Well, we have got to understand, for example, Russia is an orthodox Christian nation. So is Ukraine. That happened in 988 in… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
Let no man's place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man's low condition or poverty abase him. For… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
The man who knows the delight of the love of God ? when the soul warmed by grace, loves both God and… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
In prayer and in every work of your life avoid suspicious ness, doubt and diabolical imaginations. Let your spiritual eye be single,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and… — Syncletica of Alexandria Copy Share Image
In proportion as the ardor of divine love brings you nearer to God, so will a larger concourse of saintly brethren flock… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Christ sits in the body at the right hand of God the Father, but we do not hold that the right hand… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
'Now we are the sons of God'. This is the starting point of adoption. However, 'it does not yet appear what we… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
No just man suffices unto himself for the winning of justification. The divine mercy must always hold out a hand to his… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If through fear of God you cutoff your own will - inexplicably, for you do not know how this happens - God… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
A man who is wrathful with us is a sick man; we must apply a plaster to his heart - love; we… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Adam became so proud that he wished to become God and died for his pride; the Son of God humbled Himself unto… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when Joy is the fundamental thing in him, and Grief the superficial. Melancholy should… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Since the orthodox Christian church continued to slip farther and farther toward the belief that sex was evil, the doctrine of the… — Joseph B. Lumpkin Copy Share Image
“His conclusions were staggering to those complacent souls who considered themselves safely ensconced in a Christian world: The inhabitants of the world,… — Sam Wellman Copy Share Image
When your soul is pricked by compunction and gradually changed, it becomes a fountain flowing with rivers of tears and compunction. If… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
When our Lord says, 'I have not spoken of Myself' (Jn. 12:49), and again, 'As the Father said to Me, so I… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
If one of you sees, sometime, something unedifying and so much as goes on to pass it on and put it into… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
In the measure that we pay attention and take care to carry out what we hear, God will always enlighten us and… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Shun the praise of men and love the one who, in the fear of the Lord, reprimands you. — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
According to the orthodox Christian's Bible, all religions do not lead to God. — Fritz Ridenour Copy Share Image
...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
