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
... do not listen to vain and empty talk, in which the majority of world-loving people spend their time, and do not… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
If the divine Logos of God the Father became son of man and man so that He might make men gods and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The linear, mechanistic view of the world which pervades orthodox economics is simply not capable of capturing the richness and complexity of… — Paul Ormerod 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
...the grace of the Spirit takes possession of the quiet soul, and gives it a taste of the unspeakable good things to… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The Light of the Lord's Transfiguration does not come into being or cease to be, nor is it circumscribed or perceptible to… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
When we become incorruptible and immortal, and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
One of the reasons they didn't go to Bosnia, bin Laden has explained extensively, was because they couldn't establish a base anywhere.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him and… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The heart is refined, spiritual, and heavenly by nature - guard it; do not overburden it, do not make it earthly, be… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
... the Lord's Cross discloses the entire dispensation of His Coming in the flesh, and contains within it the whole mystery of… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Whoever prematurely begins a work that is above his strength receives nothing, but only brings harm upon himself. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Can one, seeing the sun with one's sensuous eyes, not rejoice? But how much more joyful it is when the mind sees… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
I can understand why Christians call us heretics. But most important, who will God call a heretic? From God's point of view,… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The Holy Apostle John the Theologian says that the commandments of God are not difficult, but easy (I John, 5:3). But they… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
My poor soul! Sigh, pray and strive to take upon you the blessed yoke of Christ, and you will live on earth… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
... courage is accompanied by patience and firm resolution? God sets courage like a sea around the weakness of our nature, enabling… — Niketas Stethatos 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
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
Syria is a multi-confessional state: in addition to Sunni and Shia Muslims, there are Alawites, Orthodox and other Christian confessions, Druzes, and… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
