Divine service, being the high contemplation of the mind, is at the same time, and pre-eminently, the peace, the sweetness and blessedness… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
An orthodox belief in big government's inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry's inability to compete with big government. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Every sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part.… — Leslie Caron Copy Share Image
“Orthodox devotions that do not let in the light of modern knowledge are no more than a form of ancestor worship.” — E.L. Doctorow 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
... if, to me, to live is Christ (Phil. 1:21), truly my words ought to be about Christ, my every thought and… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
He who is accustomed to give account of his life at confession here will not fear to give an answer at the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful'… — Evagrius Ponticus Copy Share Image
With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's… — Silouan the Athonite 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
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
The Byzantines hammered away at their hard and orthodox symbols, because they could not be in a mood to believe that men… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through… — Maximus the Confessor 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
When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it,… — Maximus the Confessor 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
'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Fr. Amphilochios, the geronta or elder on the island of Patmos when I first stayed there, would have been in full agreement.… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
When you want to direct someone toward the good, first put him at peace bodily and honor him with words of love.… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
All of us who are human beings are in the image of God. But to be in his likeness belongs only to… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Leave all human injustices to the Lord, for God is the Judge, but as to yourself, be diligent in loving everybody with… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it. — David Novak Copy Share Image
He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears… — Maximus the Confessor 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
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism… It does not… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Every success in anything we should refer to the Lord and with the Prophet say: 'Not to us, O Lord, not to… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of… — Ivor Grattan-Guinness Copy Share Image
By keeping the Commandments the soul is purified and the mind too is enlightened, and starts to function as nature intended it… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily. — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Have you ever dated a Goth chick for four or five months until you realized she was just an Orthodox Jew? They… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Just as the blessings of God are unutterably great, so their acquisition requires much hardship and toil undertaken with hope and faith. — Macarius of Egypt Copy Share Image
Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
