Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking… — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
“The characteristics of this kind of reading are perhaps summed up in the word “orthodox,” which is almost always applicable. The word… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
Whoever will not love his enemies cannot know the Lord and the sweetness of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause,… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Adam became so proud that he wished to become God and died for his pride; the Son of God humbled Himself unto… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
They either attach themselves to God's will, which results in their continuous progress, improvement and advancement, or they oppose God's will, are… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for all the sins of men. For indeed… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Just saw an orthodox Jewish kid do 3 pull-ups on the scaffolding. Shattering the previous record. — Gary Gulman Copy Share Image
Our Lord reserved to Himself certain things which He would do in due time in a manner outside the course and order… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The recovery of spiritual sight and the healing of physical blindness have much in common. Some of those whose bodily eyes were… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
No one can sense his own weakness is at least a small temptation is not allowed to afflict either his body or… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
In truth there is only one freedom - the holy freedom of Christ, whereby He freed us from sin, from evil, from… — Justin Popovic Copy Share Image
The Lord came to send fire upon the earth (cf. Lk. 12:49), and through participation in this fire He makes divine not… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind… — Soren Kierkegaard 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… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
