The Son is 'Life' (Jn. 14:6) because He is 'Light', constituting and giving reality to every thinking being. 'For in Him we… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
The second request of the very pure soul is to see the coming of the Father's kingdom (cf. Mt. 6:10). What this… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...the souls of the dead [are] not deprived of their intellectual faculties but... they also are not lacking in feelings such as… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
What brings us to perfection? An ingrained faith in God, the 'faith that makes real the things for which we hope' (Heb.… — Niketas Stethatos Copy Share Image
The recovery of spiritual sight and the healing of physical blindness have much in common. Some of those whose bodily eyes were… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Everything is possible for the believer. I have watched impure souls mad for physical love but turning what they know of such… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Being bodiless, God is nowhere, but as God He is everywhere. If there were a mountain, a place or any part of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
As far as we can reach, He Who Is, and God, are the special names of His Essence; and of these especially… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Let none of you have a soul which is barren and without fruit. Let nobody be unloving or unreceptive to the spiritual… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Men seized of the urge to have a knowledge of God and to be pure in mind devote all their gathered energies… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12);… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The Lord called Himself and is the 'good Shepherd' (Jn. 10:11). If you believe in His guidance, then you will understand by… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
...we know that God arranges the opportunities for salvation in different ways. Our situation is that we respond eagerly or in a… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Can anyone be a father without beginning to be one? Yes, one who did not begin his existence. What begins to exist… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Actually, all gifts have been given for reasons of temporal use and need and they will surely pass away at the end… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
...just as the edifice of all the virtues strives upward toward perfect prayer so will all these virtues be neither sturdy nor… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
God's Providence controls the universe. It is present everywhere. Providence is the sovereign Logos of God, imprinting form on the unformed materiality… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
We are assailed by the temptation of the love of money. If you wish to acquire riches ? they are the bait… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
Both our present science and our present technology are so tinctured with orthodox Christian arrogance toward nature that no solution for our… — Lynn Townsend White, Jr Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Many have said much about love, but you will find love itself only if you seek it among the disciples of Christ.… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
In America most orthodox Christians become defensive or testy when they are asked even to break into a sweat. Most of our… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
The Lord said: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (Jn. 15:5). So for the duration of our life, every day and at… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
If you are fond of dressing elegantly, or when you put on your clothes, think of the incorruptible garment of righteousness in… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Given that we desire long life, should we not take eternal life into account? If we long for a kingdom which, however… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Let everybody know this. He shall be assigned to the place and to the service to which he gave and devoted himself… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Let others mock at you, oppose you, when you are under the influence of any passion; do not be in the least… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
... faithfully and strenuously you should resist the heretics in defense of the only true and life-giving faith, which the Church has… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
...though every thinking being longs for God, the First Cause, it is powerless... to grasp Him. Tired with the yearning it chafes… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
...God will be 'all in all' (I Cor. 15:28) when we are no longer what we are now, a multiplicity of impulses… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
![“...the souls of the dead [are] not deprived of their intellectual faculties but... they also are not lacking in feelings such as hope and sadness, joy and fear. They already have a foretaste of what is in store for them after the general judgment. Nor does it happen, as some unbelievers would…” quote by John Cassian](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b0e/john-cassian-13822_christian_the-souls-of-the-dead-are-not-deprived-o_361463.jpg)
![“We make assertions and denials of what is next to [the Divine Nature], but never of It, for It is both beyond every assertion, being the perfect and unique cause of all things, and, by virtue of Its preeminently simple and absolute nature, free of every limitation, beyond every limitation; it is…” quote by Pope Dionysius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a33/pope-dionysius-28663_absolutes_we-make-assertions-and-denials-of-what-i_1222781.jpg)
![“The fact is that the more we take flight upward [to God], the more our words are confined to the ideas we are capable of forming; so that now as we plunge into that darkness which is beyond intellect, we shall find ourselves not simply running short of words but actually speechless and unknowing.” quote by Pope Dionysius](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9a7/pope-dionysius-28663_capable_the-fact-is-that-the-more-we-take-flight_3102212.png)
