The Lord bears all the weaknesses of men, but He does not bear a man who is always murmuring, and does not… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As the head of a religious party, I am not in favor of civil marriage or the full recognition of non-Orthodox converts… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
In proportion as the ardor of divine love brings you nearer to God, so will a larger concourse of saintly brethren flock… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We know that prayer in and of itself cannot save us, but carrying it out before God can. For when the Lord's… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Let them push you, but do not push; Let them crucify you, but do not crucify. Let them insult, but do not… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
...the wise providence of God orders our affairs in many different ways and lovingly bestows on each one of us what is… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Theodore Dalrymple is a brilliant observer of both medicine and society, and his book wittily engages with two versions of the current… — Kenneth Minogue Copy Share Image
The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate,… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
'My sheep hear My voice' (Jn. 10:14). This is just another way of saying, 'They obey my words and keep My commandments.'… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Keep the Feast of the Resurrection. Be a Peter or a John; hasten to the Sepulchre, running together, running against one another,… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Not only men, but also women, the weaker sex, in going by the narrow path of Christ have received for themselves the… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
“The orthodox tend to think that people who, like the postmodernists and me, believe neither in God nor in some suitable substitute,… — Richard M. Rorty Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
How can it be other than right to worship the Body of the Lord, all-holy and all-reverend as it is, announced as… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Being bodiless, God is nowhere, but as God He is everywhere. If there were a mountain, a place or any part of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
When the soul is solidly rooted in... peacefulness, when it is freed of the bonds of every carnal urge, when the unshaking… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If you want to attain salvation, learn and keep in your heart all that the holy Church teaches and, receiving heavenly power… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
What brings us to perfection? An ingrained faith in God, the 'faith that makes real the things for which we hope' (Heb.… — Niketas Stethatos Copy Share Image
“En Skoemager maa og tildeels være Theologus; saa at han veed at giøre Forskiel imellem Religions-Secter: Thi eet er at arbejde for… — Ludvig Holberg 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
One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
As it is not possible to walk without feet or fly without wings, so it is impossible to attain the Kingdom of… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
In the measure that we pay attention and take care to carry out what we hear, God will always enlighten us and… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
...although divided in His various powers and energies, in each of His works the Holy Spirit is wholly present and active, undividedly… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Cleanse your mind from anger, remembrance of evil, and shameful thoughts, and then you will find out how Christ dwells in you. — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
As fire is not extinguished by fire, so anger is not conquered by anger, but is made even more inflamed. But meekness… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit?… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
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