Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new. — Rob Bell 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
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
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions. — Arsenius the Great Copy Share Image
The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God. — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
The devil loves and always rejoices over the ungoverned; those who are not subject to one who has power, under God, to… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
The longer we remain without confessing, the worse it is for us, the more entangled we become in the bonds of sin,… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
He who is insolent towards men is insolent towards God... Respect in man the grand, inestimable image of God and be forbearing… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Not one of the first six [U.S.] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who "doubted that Christ… — Robert Sherrill Copy Share Image
If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
God is present in the moment of choice, not in order to watch but in order to be chosen. Therefore, each person… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
... it is better to believe even what is impossible to our own nature and to men, than to be unbelieving like… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
...angels... are always being filled full of light, becoming ever more radiant and making blessed use of their natural ability to change.… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
... you... are stones of the temple of the Father, prepared for the Father's building, and drawn up on high by the… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more… — Maximus the Confessor 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
... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
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
...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
“His conclusions were staggering to those complacent souls who considered themselves safely ensconced in a Christian world: The inhabitants of the world,… — Sam Wellman Copy Share Image
Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when Joy is the fundamental thing in him, and Grief the superficial. Melancholy should… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“vision. The dynamic psychology described in this book largely focuses on the interface of psychology with what Rudolf Otto called the numinous.… — John G. Shobris Copy Share Image
“Even if Christ is our scapegoat, he is not that of the Father, and [so] the sacrificial understanding is always relative, while… — Scott Cowdell Copy Share Image
If... God highly exalted Christ because He humbled Himself, suffered dishonour, was tempted and endured a shameful cross and death for our… — Gregory Palamas 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
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
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
Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do. — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself a… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent. — Arsenius the Great Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
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