Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of those who oppose you. For those who listen to such speech later reap… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong. — Knute Nelson Copy Share Image
Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so… — Evagrius Ponticus Copy Share Image
Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The best moments on earth are those during which we meditate upon heavenly things in general, when we recognize or defend the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
When the soul knows the love of God by the Holy Spirit, then he clearly feels that the Lord is our own… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
If you are remembering evil against someone, then pray for him; and as you remove through prayer the pain of the remembrance… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Scripture is our norming norm and tradition is our normed norm and that in a doctrinal controversy Scripture alone has absolute veto… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
They (i. e., the Pythagoreans) did not advocate the free confrontation of conflicting points of view. Instead, like all orthodox religions, they… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I am a fairly orthodox Christian. Every Sunday, I say and do my best to mean the whole of the Creed, which… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He who is insolent towards men is insolent towards God... Respect in man the grand, inestimable image of God and be forbearing… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The Lord loves all people, but He loves those who seek Him even more. To his chosen ones the Lord gives such… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
We must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out..If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“For centuries after obtaining power during the reign of Constantine, Christians went on a censorship rampage that led to the virtual illiteracy… — D.M. Murdock Copy Share Image
Creation is thus God's presence in creatures. The Greek Orthodox theologian Philip Sherrard has written that "Creation is nothing less than the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
How is it... that the Son and Holy Spirit are not co-unoriginate with the Father, if they are co-eternal with Him? Because… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
