Yes, many people in rural parts of India are very orthodox and have arranged marriages. But I won't - I want to… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
I can understand why Christians call us heretics. But most important, who will God call a heretic? From God's point of view,… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
'With God all things are possible' (Mk. 10:27). With God the thought itself is deed. He speaks and it is. Short and… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
There is a single energy of God and the saints? they are living icons of Christ, being the same as He is,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
If you see your neighbor in sin, don't look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
What's really neat about the Orthodox church is that it's like walking back in time 2,000 years to the time of the… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
Whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
I am a Christian according to my conscience in belief,in purpose and wish;Mnot of course by the orthodox standard. But I am… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
When you have been insulted, cursed, or persecuted by someone, do not think of what has happened to you, but of what… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Meekness is an unchanging state of mind, which both in honor and dishonor remains the same. Meekness consists in praying sincerely and… — John Climacus 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
Ask me if Christianity (my version of it, yours, the Pope's, whoever's) is orthodox, meaning true, and here's my honest answer: a… — Brian D. McLaren 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
... we grapple with this 'law of sin' (Rom. 8:2) and expel it from our body, establishing in its place the surveillance… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
Radical views that are outside the mainstream generally (but not always) are more reliable than the dominant view because they are more… — Michael Pare Copy Share Image
I ask you to try something. If someone grieves you, or dishonors you, or takes something of yours, then pray like this:… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
There's a gray area between Conservative and Orthodox people, for whom you don't screw around with the mezuzah, you don't mess with… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking… — Gennadius of Constantinople 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
The saints were people like all of us. Many of them came out of great sins, but by repentance they attained the… — Silouan the Athonite 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
[Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to think of… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
The mind of a man that loves God does not fight against things or thoughts about them, but against the passions that… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
...the Lord said as He drew near His passion, 'Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
I'm an orthodox Christian. When people ask me if I'm a Christian, I always want to qualify and know what they mean… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
God abides in each commandment by His gracious power. "God is hidden in His commandments", says St. Mark the Ascetic. God helps… — Justin Popovic Copy Share Image
No one who lies is linked to God. God is the truth. He says, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
![“[Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to think of the young psychoanalysts as your colleagues, collaborators and partners and not as spies, traitors and wayward children. You can never develop a science that way…” quote by Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7d3/abraham-maslow-2146_accounts_concerning-the-usual-contempt-with-which_2381269.jpg)
