Evil Quotes by John of Kronstadt

8 Evil quotes by John of Kronstadt

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Kronstadt’s pastoral letters warned against spiritual peril. These eight short excerpts give a quick glimpse of his Russian Orthodox view of evil.

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A Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.

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Evil and faults are corrected by good, by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience.

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Your own malice is the bitterest of all evils. Is it then possible to correct malice by means of evil? Having a…

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Do not lose your temper with those who sin. Do not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbor and…

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A man who is wrathful with us is a sick man; we must apply a plaster to his heart - love; we…

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The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and…

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Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a…

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Firmly believe that the Lord is at all times everything to you. During prayer He is the power and the fulfillment in…

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Do not despise any man, however poor he may be; but behave with full respect and kindness to every well-intentioned man, especially to the…

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Leave all human injustices to the Lord, for God is the Judge, but as to yourself, be diligent in loving everybody with a pure…

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If you see the fury and hear the howling of the tempest, or read of shipwrecks, think of the storm of human passions causing…

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The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be…

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Everything that breathes, breathes by air and cannot live without air; similarly all reasonable free creatures live by the Holy Spirit, as though by…

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...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers. Let us ascribe to…

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Wherefore is this? Because our common enemy, the Devil, endeavours with all his might to oppose the intentions of the God-man, Christ. He endeavours…

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How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind, heart and…

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The heart is refined, spiritual, and heavenly by nature - guard it; do not overburden it, do not make it earthly, be temperate to…

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Your Lord is a God of mercy and bountifulness: be a source of mercy and bountifulness to your neighbors. If you will be such,…

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When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before His face,…

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Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various calumnies against it.

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The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do.

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Prayer is spiritual breathing; when we pray we breathe in the Holy Spirit; praying in the Holy Spirit (Jd. 1:20). Thus, all church prayers…

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