...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves. — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Leave all human injustices to the Lord, for God is the Judge, but as to yourself, be diligent in loving everybody with… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised… — Pachomius the Great Copy Share Image
...busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart... — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is more important that we should remember God than that we should breathe: indeed, if one may say so, we should… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired. — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same'… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
In the mercy of God, the little thing done with humility will enable us to be found in the same place as… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Should thoughts of self-praise, of self-satisfaction, occur to you, say: 'I myself am nothing; all that is good in me is accomplished… — John of Kronstadt 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
...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
The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, not heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism - no, but the kind… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
God is resplendently reflected in the souls of His chosen ones, and these pure souls, these images of God, like the transparent… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Holy love has a way of consuming some. This is what is meant by the one who said, 'You have ravished our… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
One can take eternity and time to be predicates of God since, being the Ancient of Days, He is the cause of… — Pope Dionysius 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
...when seeking material light, remember the spiritual light which is indispensable for the soul, and without which it remains in the darkness… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
'Hail, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with you' (Lk. 1:28)! Thus does the holy Church invoke the most holy… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
If time came before me, time is not before the Word, whose Begetter is atemporal. When the beginningless Father was there, leaving… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
... whenever Christ, the Bridegroom of pure souls, is mystically united with each soul, He gives the Father occasion to rejoice over… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
... there is clearly expressed for us? what it is we must attribute either to free will or to the decision and… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“As an Orthodox Christian who is trying to love his brothers and sisters and wishes them to know the love and salvation… — Andrew Stephen Damick Copy Share Image
No one seeing a beautifully elaborated lyre with its harmonious, orderly arrangement, and hearing the lyre's music will fail to form a… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
... the Lord Jesus said, 'To those who are in bonds, Come out, and to those who are in prison, Go forth'… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
The grace of God comes swiftly to the soul when endurance is no longer possible. — Dorotheus of Gaza 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
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
O God, do not leave me. I have done nothing good in Your sight, but according to Your goodness, let me now… — Arsenius the Great 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
These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
...a disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
