“St. John Chrysostom said 'Find the door of your heart, you will discover it is the door of the kingdom of God.' So it is inward that we must turn, and not outward - but inward in a very special… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“We cannot live a life of prayer, we cannot go ahead Godwards, unless we are free form possession in order to have two hands to offer and a heart absolutely open - not like a purse which we are afraid… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“One of the dangers in prayer is to try to find words that will be somehow on the level of God. Unfortunately, as none… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“As Christians we are always in tension - in an anguish and at the same time in bliss. This is mad, ridiculous. But it… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“(Quoted in Dennis Okholm's Monk Habits for Everyday People ) Settle down in your room at a moment when you have nothing else to do. Say "I am now with myself," and just sit with yourself. After an amazingly short time you will most likely feel bored. This teaches us one very useful thing. It gives us insight into the… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share
“St. John Chrysostom said 'Find the door of your heart, you will discover it is the door of the kingdom of God.' So it… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“As long as we ourselves are real, as long as we are truly ourselves, God can be present and can do something with us.… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“So often when we say 'I love you' we say it with a huge 'I' and a small 'you'. We use love as a conjunction instead of it being a verb implying action. It's no good just gazing out into open space hoping to see the Lord; instead we have to look closely at our neighbour, someone whom God has… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share
“In the life of Moses, in Hebrew folklore, there is a remarkable passage. Moses finds a shepherd in the desert. He spends the day with the shepherd and helps him milk his ewes, and at the end of the day he sees that the shepherd puts the best milk he has in a wooden bowl, which he places on a… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share
“There is absolutely no need to run after time to catch it. It does not run away from us, it runs towards us. Whether… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“Because we don't know yet how to act without an outer reason, we discover that we don't know what to do with ourselves, and… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“We cannot live a life of prayer, we cannot go ahead Godwards, unless we are free form possession in order to have two hands… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“Theophan the Recluse said, 'Most people are like a shaving of wood which is curled round its central emptiness.” — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“Generally, it is greed, fear and curiosity which make us live outwardly. A French scientist who worked in America, Alexis Carrel, said in a… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
