God Quotes by Maximus the Confessor

12 God quotes by Maximus the Confessor

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Maximus the Confessor offers a succinct, twelve‑line glimpse into his theological musings on the divine. Though brief, the selections serve as a solid starting point for anyone curious about his historic perspective.

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The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those…

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He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears…

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In the beginning, passion and pain were not created together with the body; nor forgetfulness and ignorance together with the soul; nor…

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He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been…

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If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory,…

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He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination…

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God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because…

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Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring…

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When a man's intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his…

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A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand…

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The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those…

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... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own…

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Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So…

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A passion is a contranatural movement of the soul or an irrational love, or an blindfold hatred toward any material thing, or because of…

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Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting us to…

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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…

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Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.

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A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings lead it…

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