Orthodox Quotes

The test of happiness is gratitude.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.

— John Climacus

We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.

— Venerable Bede

I come from an orthodox Muslim family.

— Saqib Saleem

I never thought I'd play an orthodox Jewish man.

— Ato Essandoh

[Orthodox] are brothers, but I must respect them.

— Pope Francis

Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.

— Francis Quarles

I haven't had an orthodox career.

— Sally Field

Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand.

— Pope Dionysius

If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.

— Pope Gregory I

Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.

— Isaac of Nineveh

Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

— Saint John Chrysostom

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two: slavery here and hell hereafter.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I grew up so conservative. I grew up as an orthodox Jew.

— Ari Shaffir

The devils more orthodox than some theologians I know.

— Adrian Rogers

I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father…

— Dani Shapiro

[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with…

— Sylvia Poggioli

Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel…

— John Climacus

Whoever fears God stands above all manner of fear. He has become a stranger to all the fear of this world and…

— Ephrem the Syrian

Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some…

— Marcus Eremita

One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.

— Marcus Eremita

Abba Dorotheos said: No matter what kind of sorrow comes to you, don't blame anyone but yourself, and say, "This has happened…

— Ignatius Bryanchaninov

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the…

— Isaac of Nineveh

Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through…

— Maximus the Confessor

Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But…

— John of Damascus

...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause,…

— Pope Dionysius

Theodore Dalrymple is a brilliant observer of both medicine and society, and his book wittily engages with two versions of the current…

— Kenneth Minogue

The Byzantines hammered away at their hard and orthodox symbols, because they could not be in a mood to believe that men…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Roman Catholics utter their Papal edicts, Protestants quote their Bible, Fundamentalists declare their orthodox theological dogmas, and we are all expected to…

— Robert H. Schuller

Not only men, but also women, the weaker sex, in going by the narrow path of Christ have received for themselves the…

— Ephrem the Syrian

“The orthodox tend to think that people who, like the postmodernists and me, believe neither in God nor in some suitable substitute,…

— Richard M. Rorty

“Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox believer…

— David Marshall Brooks

How can it be other than right to worship the Body of the Lord, all-holy and all-reverend as it is, announced as…

— John of Kronstadt

A man becomes spiritual insofar as he lives a spiritual life. He begins to see God in all things, to see His…

— John of Kronstadt

Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing…

— Pope Dionysius

(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the…

— Carl Sagan

... the Lord Jesus said, 'To those who are in bonds, Come out, and to those who are in prison, Go forth'…

— Ambrose

Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation…

— Gregory Palamas

When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height;…

— Maximus the Confessor