Do you know what a great gift it is that God gave us the right to speak to Him every hour and… — Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia Copy Share Image
Gluttony and satiety in food produce defiled lust, while free association with women enflames the fire of lusts ... At the time… — Nilus of Sinai Copy Share Image
If God has given us Himself, if He abides in us and we in Him, according to His own true words, then… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a Baptism, not a Marriage, not a Sacrament can… — John Adams 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
Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting… — Yulia Tymoshenko Copy Share Image
Of the maxims of orthodox finance none, surely, is more anti-social than the fetish of liquidity, the doctrine of that it is… — John Maynard Keynes 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
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
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 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
In the United States we have all across this country, we have dozens of Halakha courts, in which particularly observant Jews can… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
“En Skoemager maa og tildeels være Theologus; saa at han veed at giøre Forskiel imellem Religions-Secter: Thi eet er at arbejde for… — Ludvig Holberg Copy Share Image
When a man's intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his… — Maximus the Confessor 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
Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
You wouldn't believe how many FDA officials or relatives or acquaintances of FDA officials come to see me as patients in Hanover.… — Hans Alfred Nieper Copy Share Image
The churches that are growing and thriving are churches that I would call evangelical and orthodox for the most part in their… — Greg Laurie 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
Orthodox theologians insisted that the rest of humankind were only transitory creatures, lost in sin - a view that would support what… — Elaine Pagels 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
If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don't be sad inside, and do not tell of… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
A man obtains the fear of God if he has the remembrance of his unavoidable death and of the eternal torments that… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
... the more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I still believe there is a lot of truth in Orthodox Judaism, but not the whole truth. Each person has his truth… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
God values deeds according to their intentions. For it is said, "The Lord grant unto you according to your heart" (Ps. 19:5)… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss… — Anonymous 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
Do not lose your temper with those who sin. Do not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbor and… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Whoever has become a servant of the Lord fears only his Master. But whoever is without the fear of God is often… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, "You are a saint," the other, "You won't be saved." Both of these thoughts… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
From its earliest days in the nineteenth century, and until the Holocaust, the Orthodox rabbinate in eastern Europe was not enthusiastic about… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
The likeness of Your Church, O Lord, is that woman who went behind and touched the hem of Your garment, saying within… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
The fear of God illumines the soul, annihilates evil, weakens the passions, drives darkness from the soul and makes it pure. The… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Aesthetics is not an end in itself. But in our culture, which is becoming more multi-sensory and less respectful of God, we… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
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