The more one is united to his neighbor the more he is united to God. — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Illumination by the Spirit is the endless end of every virtue. — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
...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
Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
Do good when you remember, and what you forget will be revealed to you; and do not surrender your mind to blind… — Syncletica of Alexandria Copy Share Image
This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
According to the orthodox Christian's Bible, all religions do not lead to God. — Fritz Ridenour 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
We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Do not be vexed with those who show pride, or malice, effeminacy, and impatience in their intercourse with you, or others, but… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The freethinker has the same right to discredit the beliefs of Christians that the Orthodox Christians enjoy in destroying reverence, respect, and… — Theodore Schroeder Copy Share Image
As Christians we are here to affirm the supreme value of direct sharing, of immediate encounter -not machine to machine, but person… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
I am a fairly orthodox Christian. Every Sunday, I say and do my best to mean the whole of the Creed, which… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
That I am a monk and you are a layman is of no importance ... rather that we are both in the… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
...the greatest thing each person can do is to give himself to God utterly and unconditionally - weaknesses, fears, and all. For… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
Human life is but of brief duration. 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the… — Saint Basil 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
He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
True spiritual knowledge has sometimes flourished most grandly in some who were without eloquence and almost illiterate. And this is very clearly… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
When you pray either aloud or to yourself for others ? for instance, for the members of your household or for strangers,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
Our Lord Jesus Christ made the merciful shepherding of His sheep the proof of love for Himself (cf. Jn. 21:15-17). He denounces… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
“[M]ost Americans are still drawing some water from the Christian well. But a growing number are inventing their own versions of what… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
If one of you sees, sometime, something unedifying and so much as goes on to pass it on and put it into… — Dorotheus of Gaza 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
How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Since the orthodox Christian church continued to slip farther and farther toward the belief that sex was evil, the doctrine of the… — Joseph B. Lumpkin Copy Share Image
When your soul is pricked by compunction and gradually changed, it becomes a fountain flowing with rivers of tears and compunction. If… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
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