Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Consider that the Holy Spirit lives in the spiritual father, and He will tell you what to do. But if you think… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to approach prayer without a guide, and proudly thinks that he can learn from books, and won't go to an… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
They went down to Egypt and provided food when famine reigned; they came to the obstinate sea, and taught it wisdom with… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Our world is guided by two principles and sources: God and the devil. All that is better in the world of men… — Justin Popovic Copy Share Image
Some suffer much from poverty and sickness, but are not humbled, and so they suffer without profit. But one who is humbled… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
The humble soul is blessed. The Lord loves her. The Mother of God is higher than all in humility, and therefore all… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
No one has yet discovered or ever shall discover what God is in His nature and essence... we shall, in time to… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
We see the water of a river flowing uninterruptedly and passing away, and all that floats on its surface, rubbish or beams… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
...works of piety and charity... are necessary in this present life for as long as inequality prevails. Their workings here would not… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If you want to attain salvation, learn and keep in your heart all that the holy Church teaches and, receiving heavenly power… — Theophan the Recluse 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
The Divine Comedy is a political poem and when you say poetry is not about - he's always quoted out of context,… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
When the soul is solidly rooted in... peacefulness, when it is freed of the bonds of every carnal urge, when the unshaking… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
When a man receives something Divine, in his heart he rejoices; but when he receives something diabolic, he is disturbed. The Christian… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
He has as yet no perfect love, whose disposition towards men depends on what they are like, loving one and despising another… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as… — Kersey Graves 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
As an Orthodox Jew I must acknowledge that a society can only be successful if it adheres to God's basic plan. By… — Daniel Lapin Copy Share Image
Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don't feel such mercy in yourself, as God has… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Remember that God, during your prayers, is watching for your affirmative answer to the question which He is inwardly asking you: 'Do… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
"I love them that love me, and glorify them that glorify me." (Proverbs 8:17, I Kings 2:30,) says the Lord of His… — Silouan the Athonite 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
The East is unfamiliar with those confessions, memoirs, and autobiographies so beloved in the West. There is a clear difference in tonality.… — Paul Evdokimov Copy Share Image
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a very Jewish neighbourhood and thought the whole world was like… — Larry Charles Copy Share Image
The Christian ought not to say anything behind his brother's back with the object of calumniating him, for this is slander, even… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Some passions are bodily, other spiritual. Bodily passions have their sources in the body, while spiritual ones come from external things. But… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
When conversion takes place, the process of revelation occurs in a very simple way — a person is in need, he suffers,… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit acts mystically through the spiritual father, and then when you go out from your spiritual father, the soul feels… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
They (i. e., the Pythagoreans) did not advocate the free confrontation of conflicting points of view. Instead, like all orthodox religions, they… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You have the women sitting on the left and the men sitting on the right. Everything is to keep your mind focused… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the orthodox religions always know more about the Devil than I do and can describe him in… — Sybil Leek Copy Share Image
I seem indeed to hear that voice, from Him Who gathers together those who are broken, and welcomes the oppressed: I have… — Gregory of Nazianzus 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
If a man does not argue with the thoughts that the enemy secretly sows in us, but by prayer to God uproots… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The commemoration of Christ's saving Passion is at hand, and the new, great spiritual Passover, which is the reward for dispassion and… — Gregory Palamas 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
