There are lots of things to like about being Eastern Orthodox - incense, liturgies, all the baklava you can eat - but… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
I'd been to Saint Petersburg before, but there's been a change in people's minds. Maybe it's a fashionable thing, but people have… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life. — Abraham Cahan Copy Share Image
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
If the kingdom of God is within us and that is a kingdom of justice, of peace, and of joy then whoever… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
"I love them that love me, and glorify them that glorify me." (Proverbs 8:17, I Kings 2:30,) says the Lord of His… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Diderot took the ground that, if orthodox religion be true Christ was guilty of suicide. Having the power to defend himself he… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
...busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart... — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The Church has little idea how unorthodox it is at any given moment. If a church can't yet be perfectly orthodox, it… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The Divine Comedy is a political poem and when you say poetry is not about - he's always quoted out of context,… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
When God wants to have mercy on someone, He inspires someone else to pray for him, and He helps in this prayer. — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
...unless the grace of God comes to the help of our frailty, to protect and defend it, no man can withstand the… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Everything is possible for the believer. I have watched impure souls mad for physical love but turning what they know of such… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
'Hail, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with you' (Lk. 1:28)! Thus does the holy Church invoke the most holy… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
I'd met Simon [Segars] for the first time in London. He struck me as a quiet, natural-born engineer and an orthodox successor… — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
You have the women sitting on the left and the men sitting on the right. Everything is to keep your mind focused… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who can sing anything... And my favorite singers aren't people whose voice you would say is amazing. I'm a… — Boy George Copy Share Image
... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image