The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our… — Evagrius Ponticus Copy Share Image
May you be children of God, pure and unblameable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (cf. Phil. 1:15): and… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
...knowing God is the condition for the sanctification of a human being by God's assistance and according to His intention. Wherever God… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
...the reason for [this age's] anxiety and unrest is because in one direction, 'truth' increases in scope and quantity - via science… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
... the more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is… — Soren Kierkegaard 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
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
Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken… — Diadochos of Photiki 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
There is no greater love than that a man lays down his life for his neighbor. When you hear someone complaining and… — Poemen Copy Share Image
...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight… — Gregory Palamas 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
God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
... only the good deed done for Christ's sake brings us the fruits of the Holy Spirit. All that is not done… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been… — Charles Colson 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
Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
In prayer and in every work of your life avoid suspicious ness, doubt and diabolical imaginations. Let your spiritual eye be single,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture… — Russell Kirk 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
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
When our Lord says, 'I have not spoken of Myself' (Jn. 12:49), and again, 'As the Father said to Me, so I… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image