It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
I do believe that, in time, doctors - both alternative and orthodox - will begin using whatever is the highest best treatment… — Brandon Bays Copy Share Image
I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part.… — Leslie Caron Copy Share Image
Every sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
“Orthodoxy is life. If we don’t live Orthodoxy, we simply are not Orthodox, no matter what formal beliefs we might hold.” — Seraphim Rose. Leaving the Orthodox Worldview Copy Share Image
I actually performed at an orthodox Jewish wedding, where the men were separated from the women, but they both came together to… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
It is more important that we should remember God than that we should breathe: indeed, if one may say so, we should… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Just as gold tarnished in depth (cf. Jms. 5:3) cannot be properly purified and restored to its proper brightness unless it is… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The obstacles facing academic economists are formidable, for tenure and professional advancement still depend to a large extent on a willingness to… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
There is One God and One Mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ (cf. I Tim. 2:5). For He still… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The saints are like the Lord, but so are all people who keep the commandments of Christ; but those who live according… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
If a man really sets his heart upon the will of God, God will enlighten a little child to tell that man… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
It is only all too easy to understand the requirements contained in God's Word ('Give all your goods to the poor.' 'If… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
The grateful applause of the clergy has consecrated the memory of a prince, who indulged their passions and promoted their interest. Constantine… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Without the power of intelligence there is no capacity for spiritual knowledge; and without spiritual knowledge we cannot have the faith from… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
“There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for all the sins of men. For indeed… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
...busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart... — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We know that prayer in and of itself cannot save us, but carrying it out before God can. For when the Lord's… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Let them push you, but do not push; Let them crucify you, but do not crucify. Let them insult, but do not… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The greatest danger that threatens us is neither heterodox thought nor orthodox thought, but the absence of thought. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
There are lots of things to like about being Eastern Orthodox - incense, liturgies, all the baklava you can eat - but… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Lord bears all the weaknesses of men, but He does not bear a man who is always murmuring, and does not… — Isaac of Nineveh 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
As the head of a religious party, I am not in favor of civil marriage or the full recognition of non-Orthodox converts… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of… — Ivor Grattan-Guinness Copy Share Image
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
