He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
'Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends' (Jn. 15:13). In truth if… — Poemen Copy Share Image
Let everybody know this. He shall be assigned to the place and to the service to which he gave and devoted himself… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
I ask you to try something. If someone grieves you, or dishonors you, or takes something of yours, then pray like this:… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
[Our Lord Jesus Christ] was... carried up to heaven (Lk. 24:50-51). With a radiant cloud for a chariot, He ascended in glory… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Whoever has a spiritual gift and compassionate toward one who does not have it guards his gift through his compassion. But whoever… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God ... Whoever does or busies… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
If time came before me, time is not before the Word, whose Begetter is atemporal. When the beginningless Father was there, leaving… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
God has chosen, through his son Jesus Christ, this time, this place for all Christians - Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox - to… — William H. Pryor, Jr Copy Share Image
Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
Do not seek earthly glory in any matter, for it is extinguished for him who loves it. In its time it blows… — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Human life is but of brief duration. 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Orthodox Jews often ask you: "Are you an Israeli first, or a Jew?" I see no difference between the two. After all,… — Yair Lapid Copy Share Image
It is God, Who is merciful and grants everyone what he needs, Who is building him up when He gives him more… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and… — Syncletica of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be delivered from bad thoughts, and another to be freed from the passions. Often people are delivered… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
... when death has been brought upon a saint, we ought not to think that an evil has happened to him but… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
... if we say that the Father is the origin of the Son and greater than the Son, we do not suggest… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
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