The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Blessed is he who like Joshua (cf. Josh. 10:12-13) keeps the Sun of righteousness from setting in himself throughout the whole day… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and… — Maximus the Confessor 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
'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Our forefather Adam... used his freedom to turn toward what was worse and to direct his desire away from what had been… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
...one's movement towards the divine reaches its end only when one reaches God... 'The true Sabbaths are the rest laid up for… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
When what has been created in time according to the temporal order has reached maturity, it ceases from natural growth. But when what has… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
There are lots of those who speak but few who do. However, no one should distort the word of God by his own negligence,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory, you worship… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
The Logos came down out of love for us. Let us not keep Him down permanently, but let us go up with Him to… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
A passion is a contranatural movement of the soul or an irrational love, or an blindfold hatred toward any material thing, or because of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting us to… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired. — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to the love… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears his distress.… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he who abandons… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and distress brought… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share
