Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I suppose the idea about all Orthodox religion is that it's a kind of submission, obedience. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The short-term impact is that people are encouraged to give the Church another look. It's up to the liveliest parts of the… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
I was raised into the Romanian Orthodox culture by my parents, and most notably my mother, who is a profoundly religious and… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Whoever prematurely begins a work that is above his strength receives nothing, but only brings harm upon himself. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. 'Judge not, so that you… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
"Love covers a multitude of sins," (I Pet. 4:8). That is, for love towards one's neighbor, God forgives the sins of the… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
Orthodox Jews, or, as they are known in the Talmud, the Really Chosen Ones, are committed to the idea that the entire… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Do not say, "this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself." In all that exists there is nothing disorderly,… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
It is necessary for a Christian to fast, in order to clear his mind, to rouse and develop his feelings, and to… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Who is far from love is a bad state, and to be pitied. He passes his days in a delirious dream, far… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
A man who is wrathful with us is a sick man; we must apply a plaster to his heart - love; we… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
If the divine Logos of God the Father became son of man and man so that He might make men gods and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
We must, with God's help, eradicate the deadly poison of the demon of anger from the depths of our souls. So long… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Perfection... is clearly not achieved simply by being naked, by the lack of wealth or by the rejection of honors, unless there… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
In the struggle for the soul of American Jewry, the Orthodox model has triumphed. — Samuel G. Freedman Copy Share Image
Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism. — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
A man is eminent as long as he is orthodox. When he begins to think for himself he becomes a crank. — Walter Hadwen Copy Share Image
The more one is united to his neighbor the more he is united to God. — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy. — William Weld Copy Share Image
