They have not understood that the Lord's Cross discloses the entire dispensation of His coming in the flesh, and contains within it… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord's command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22).… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
I think that one must approach the Logos Savior, not induced by the fear of punishment and not in the expectation of… — Clement of Alexandria Copy Share Image
It is not the self -critical who reveals his humility ( for does not everyone have some how to put up with… — John Climacus 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
We know that prayer in and of itself cannot save us, but carrying it out before God can. For when the Lord's… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
In proportion as the ardor of divine love brings you nearer to God, so will a larger concourse of saintly brethren flock… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and… — Syncletica of Alexandria Copy Share Image
...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person… — Soren Kierkegaard 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
[Our Lord Jesus Christ] was... carried up to heaven (Lk. 24:50-51). With a radiant cloud for a chariot, He ascended in glory… — Gregory Palamas 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
He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
What has actually to be said about the Cause of everything is this. Since it is the Cause of all beings, we… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
It is God, Who is merciful and grants everyone what he needs, Who is building him up when He gives him more… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold… — Seraphim of Sarov 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
One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
A pure heart is perhaps one which has no natural propulsion towards anything in any manner whatsoever. When in its extreme simplicity… — 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
It is amusing to hear the modern Christian telling you how mild and rationalistic Christianity really is and ignoring the fact that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
By keeping the Commandments the soul is purified and the mind too is enlightened, and starts to function as nature intended it… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man's ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this, that by its… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
All who have lived according to God still live unto God, though they have departed this life. For this reason, God is… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants.… — Symeon the New Theologian 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
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
The man who knows the delight of the love of God ? when the soul warmed by grace, loves both God and… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Let no man's place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man's low condition or poverty abase him. For… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Well, we have got to understand, for example, Russia is an orthodox Christian nation. So is Ukraine. That happened in 988 in… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
Our wickedness shall not overpower the unspeakable goodness and mercy of God; our dullness shall not overpower God's wisdom, nor our infirmity… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
“As with all literature, the play should be read through the eyes of the author, as far as this is possible, which… — William Shakespeare 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
No Christian ought to think of himself as his own master, but each should rather so think and act as though given… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Keep the Feast of the Resurrection. Be a Peter or a John; hasten to the Sepulchre, running together, running against one another,… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered… — 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
It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
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