Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
I am a Mormon woman, I am not orthodox. It is the lens through which I see the world. I hear the… — Terry Tempest Williams 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
Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by… — Saint John Chrysostom 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
The linear, mechanistic view of the world which pervades orthodox economics is simply not capable of capturing the richness and complexity of… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
God tested Abraham. That is, he sent him afflictions for his benefit, not so that he could find out what sort of… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The Church has little idea how unorthodox it is at any given moment. If a church can't yet be perfectly orthodox, it… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his… — H. P. Lovecraft 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 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
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
Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
God is inexhaustible in His gifts to men? Everywhere we see plenty and joy; only the greedy rich lay their hands on… — John of Kronstadt 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
Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
If the divine Logos of God the Father became son of man and man so that He might make men gods and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The American Negro must rebuild his past in order to make his future. Though it is orthodox to think of America as… — Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Copy Share Image
It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Place yourself in the background; write in a way that comes naturally; work from a suitable design; write with nouns and verbs;… — E. B. White 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
We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him and… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
The Church even now is the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. Accordingly, even now His saints reign with Him,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
We have the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church talking about how gay marriage is a sign of the apocalypse, or Russian… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be… — Silouan the Athonite 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 problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a… — Peter L. Berger 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
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
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
Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the… — Poemen Copy Share Image
When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray. — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
No, I'm a very normal and orthodox person that goes out of their way to present eccentricity. It's not that I do… — Tony Kaye Copy Share Image
The path I follow is still an Orthodox path. You have to follow a path; otherwise, it becomes a little bit new-age,… — John Tavener 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
To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
