--- title: "16 Cfs Quotes By Gregory Palamas" description: "16 Cfs quotes by Gregory Palamas. Plus more from Gregory Palamas and more Cfs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/gregory-palamas-12213_age_you-should-secretly-give-from-what-you-h_3065926.jpg" --- > [You should secretly give from what you have to those in need, so that you receive from God, Who sees in secret,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/you-should-secretly-give-from-what-you-have-to-those-in-need-so-that/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/gregory-palamas-12213_age_you-should-secretly-give-from-what-you-h_3065926.jpg) > [...the grace of the Spirit takes possession of the quiet soul, and gives it a taste of the unspeakable good things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-grace-of-the-spirit-takes-possession-of-the-quiet-soul-and-gives/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/gregory-palamas-12213_accepting_the-grace-of-the-spirit-takes-possession_549987.jpg) > [... we can see both that love for God is begotten from the virtues and that virtues are born of love. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/we-can-see-both-that-love-for-god-is-begotten-from-the-virtues-and/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/gregory-palamas-12213_born_we-can-see-both-that-love-for-god-is-beg_1777372.jpg) > [The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes divine not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-lord-came-to-send-fire-upon-the-earth-cf-lk-12-49-and-through/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/gregory-palamas-12213_assuming_the-lord-came-to-send-fire-upon-the-eart_66299.jpg) > [If... we choose death rather than true life, God does not take away the power that He gave us. And not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/if-we-choose-death-rather-than-true-life-god-does-not-take-away-the/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/gregory-palamas-12213_again-and-again_if-we-choose-death-rather-than-true-life_2209055.jpg) > [The commemoration of Christ's saving Passion is at hand, and the new, great spiritual Passover, which is the reward for dispassion and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-commemoration-of-christ-s-saving-passion-is-at-hand-and-the-new/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/gregory-palamas-12213_cfs_the-commemoration-of-christ-s-saving-pas_1002958.jpg) > [ \[Our Lord Jesus Christ\] was... carried up to heaven (Lk. 24:50-51). With a radiant cloud for a chariot, He ascended in glory… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/our-lord-jesus-christ-was-carried-up-to-heaven-lk-24-50-51-with-a/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/gregory-palamas-12213_cfs_our-lord-jesus-christ-was-carried-up-to_2909032.jpg) > [... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-passion-for-popularity-brings-such-injury-upon-those-it-masters/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/gregory-palamas-12213_cfs_the-passion-for-popularity-brings-such-i_2291930.jpg) > [Grace comes immediately to meet some of those who strive, giving them assurance of the earnest of their inheritance (cf. Eph. 1:14),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/grace-comes-immediately-to-meet-some-of-those-who-strive-giving-them/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/gregory-palamas-12213_anointing_grace-comes-immediately-to-meet-some-of_2998593.jpg) > [The heavenly Father Whom we worship is the Father of the Truth, namely, of the only-begotten Son, and has the Spirit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-heavenly-father-whom-we-worship-is-the-father-of-the-truth-namely/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/gregory-palamas-12213_apostles_the-heavenly-father-whom-we-worship-is-t_3176436.jpg) > [...we are not without hope of salvation, nor is it at all the right time for us to despair. All our life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/we-are-not-without-hope-of-salvation-nor-is-it-at-all-the-right-time/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/gregory-palamas-12213_cfs_we-are-not-without-hope-of-salvation-nor_1116003.jpg) > [Anyone who has fallen into fornication, adultery or any other such bodily impurity, should desist from this revolting filth and cleanse himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/anyone-who-has-fallen-into-fornication-adultery-or-any-other-such/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/gregory-palamas-12213_adultery_anyone-who-has-fallen-into-fornication-a_2496649.jpg) > [If... God highly exalted Christ because He humbled Himself, suffered dishonour, was tempted and endured a shameful cross and death for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/if-god-highly-exalted-christ-because-he-humbled-himself-suffered/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/gregory-palamas-12213_apostles_if-god-highly-exalted-christ-because-he_2528602.jpg) > [Let none of you have a soul which is barren and without fruit. Let nobody be unloving or unreceptive to the spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/let-none-of-you-have-a-soul-which-is-barren-and-without-fruit-let/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/gregory-palamas-12213_accepting_let-none-of-you-have-a-soul-which-is-bar_1149434.jpg) > [ While He \[the Lord Jesus\] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7).… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/while-he-the-lord-jesus-was-sitting-alone-by-the-well-there-cometh-a/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/gregory-palamas-12213_cfs_while-he-the-lord-jesus-was-sitting-alon_1915028.jpg) > [Mary properly bore the name of Virgin, and possessed to the full all the attributes of purity. She was a virgin in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/mary-properly-bore-the-name-of-virgin-and-possessed-to-the-full-all/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/gregory-palamas-12213_all-time_mary-properly-bore-the-name-of-virgin-an_3130891.jpg) ## Other authors on Cfs ## More by Gregory Palamas > [They either attach themselves to God's will, which results in their continuous progress, improvement and advancement, or they oppose God's will, are justly subjected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/they-either-attach-themselves-to-god-s-will-which-results-in-their/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [The recovery of spiritual sight and the healing of physical blindness have much in common. Some of those whose bodily eyes were blind received…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-recovery-of-spiritual-sight-and-the-healing-of-physical-blindness/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes divine not just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-lord-came-to-send-fire-upon-the-earth-cf-lk-12-49-and-through/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [...every day we should stand in awe of Him, as He is with us, and do what is pleasing before Him. If we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/every-day-we-should-stand-in-awe-of-him-as-he-is-with-us-and-do-what/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [... whenever Christ, the Bridegroom of pure souls, is mystically united with each soul, He gives the Father occasion to rejoice over this as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/whenever-christ-the-bridegroom-of-pure-souls-is-mystically-united/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/even-when-your-body-does-nothing-sin-can-be-active-in-your-mind-when/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [... we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate the memory of Peter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/we-commemorate-each-of-the-saints-with-hymns-and-appropriate-songs-of/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [...the grace of the Spirit takes possession of the quiet soul, and gives it a taste of the unspeakable good things to come, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-grace-of-the-spirit-takes-possession-of-the-quiet-soul-and-gives/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [The Light of the Lord's Transfiguration does not come into being or cease to be, nor is it circumscribed or perceptible to the senses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-light-of-the-lord-s-transfiguration-does-not-come-into-being-or/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [When we become incorruptible and immortal, and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the Lord (as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/when-we-become-incorruptible-and-immortal-and-attain-to-the-blessed/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [... the Lord's Cross discloses the entire dispensation of His Coming in the flesh, and contains within it the whole mystery of this dispensation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/the-lord-s-cross-discloses-the-entire-dispensation-of-his-coming-in/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [...angels... are always being filled full of light, becoming ever more radiant and making blessed use of their natural ability to change. They dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/angels-are-always-being-filled-full-of-light-becoming-ever-more/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [If, as we have said, we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/if-as-we-have-said-we-commemorate-each-of-the-saints-with-hymns-and/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [Let no one out of laziness or continuous worldly occupations miss these holy Sunday gatherings, which God Himself handed down to us, lest he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/let-no-one-out-of-laziness-or-continuous-worldly-occupations-miss/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) > [...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/night-possessed-us-and-the-shadow-of-death-encompassed-us-for-we-had/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cfs/gregory-palamas/#itemlist", "name": "16 Cfs Quotes By Gregory Palamas", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You should secretly give from what you have to those in need, so that you receive from God, Who sees in secret, a hundred times more, as well as life eternal in the age to come (cf. 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