...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will. — Soren Kierkegaard 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
Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. 'Judge not, so that you… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with… — Gregory Palamas 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
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12);… — Gregory of Nazianzus 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
'For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them' (Mt. 18:20). I… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Let others mock at you, oppose you, when you are under the influence of any passion; do not be in the least… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand. — Pope Dionysius 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
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
Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord. — Maximus the Confessor 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
Total surrender to the will of God actually is sacrificing oneself as a burnt offering to God. The proof of this state… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
God's Providence controls the universe. It is present everywhere. Providence is the sovereign Logos of God, imprinting form on the unformed materiality… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
We see the water of a river flowing uninterruptedly and passing away, and all that floats on its surface, rubbish or beams… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
Love does not reflect. Love is simple. Love never mistakes. Likewise believe and trust without reflection, for faith and trust are also… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
...though every thinking being longs for God, the First Cause, it is powerless... to grasp Him. Tired with the yearning it chafes… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
Shun the praise of men and love the one who, in the fear of the Lord, reprimands you. — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7).… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Spiritual knowledge is like a house built in the midst of secular and pagan knowledge, in which there is laid up, like… — Symeon the New Theologian 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
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