It is difficult, none the less, for the ordinary man to cast off orthodox beliefs, for he is seldom allowed to hear… — Margaret E. Knight 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
Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit?… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Love is manifested not only through the distribution of one's possessions, but even moreso through the spreading of the word of God… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
As fire is not extinguished by fire, so anger is not conquered by anger, but is made even more inflamed. But meekness… — Tikhon of Zadonsk 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
Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The Lord loves us so much that He suffered for us on the Cross; and His suffering was so great that we… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts' resolve be to climb. Listen to the voice of the one who says: 'Come,… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
It's not about terror or anything else, it's about politics, and so it becomes more about politics than it does about faith.… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously.… — Gregory Palamas 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
...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Being delivered from bodily sins is not enough; we must also cleanse the inner energy which dwells in our soul. For out… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless… — Pope Leo I 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
The Lord wants us to love one another. Here is freedom: in love for God and neighbor. In this freedom, there is… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Antisemitism is unique among religious hatreds. It is a racist conspiracy theory fashioned for the needs of messianic and brutal rulers, as… — Nick Cohen Copy Share Image
When the soul by the Holy Spirit comes to know the Mother of God; when in the Holy Spirit the soul becomes… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
If you offer fasting with humility and with mercy, your bones, as Isaiah said, shall be fat, and you shall be like… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Cleanse your mind from anger, remembrance of evil, and shameful thoughts, and then you will find out how Christ dwells in you. — Maximus the Confessor 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
He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by… — John Climacus 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
I'm not an Orthodox Jew, I don't practise much in the way of Jewish religion, but I am very Jewish and I… — Michael Marmot 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
He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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
I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic… — Norman Lamm Copy Share Image
God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The truth is lived before it is understood. It must be fought for, tested, and appropriated. Truth is the way... Anyone will… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
