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
God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
It makes no difference whether they be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Protestants. They are Christians! Their blood is one and the same.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“The essence of religion remains love and kindness, yet it has been the biggest cause of hatred and violence.” — Mouloud Benzadi 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
We have such a law: If you forgive, it means that God has forgiven you; but if you do not forgive your… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
The soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“The reason my husband and I became Orthodox was that our mainline denomination was energetically revising its theology; church leaders were teaching… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
There is no greater love than that a man lays down his life for his neighbor. When you hear someone complaining and… — Poemen Copy Share Image
...a human being not only can choose but... he must choose... for in this way God retains His honor while at the… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It is harmful to remember previous sins in detail. For if they bring you sorrow, they will estrange you from hope, but… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
No just man suffices unto himself for the winning of justification. The divine mercy must always hold out a hand to his… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
If through fear of God you cutoff your own will - inexplicably, for you do not know how this happens - God… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Being come together in the same place, let there be one prayer, one supplication, one mind, one hope, in love and in… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
The fundamental differences between Marxian and traditional orthodox economics are, first, that the orthodox economists accept the capitalist system as part of… — Joan Robinson 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
Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height;… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Fr. Amphilochios, the geronta or elder on the island of Patmos when I first stayed there, would have been in full agreement.… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
Each of us can discuss God inasmuch as he has known the grace of the Holy Spirit; for how can we think… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The sense of being Jewish never left me, but when my grandmother died, I rebelled against Judaism as I knew it then,… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Do not seek earthly glory in any matter, for it is extinguished for him who loves it. In its time it blows… — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to the truth. No, you… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The disciples worshipped the most high Lord Who had come down from heaven, made the earth into heaven and gone up again… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The Lord does not show Himself to a proud soul. The proud soul, no matter how many books it reads, will never… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Israel is a very young country, a cultural melting pot, and unlike the structured life of the Orthodox Jews, I grew up… — Noma Bar Copy Share Image
'Greater love has no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends' (Jn. 15:13). In truth if… — Poemen 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
I think that the influence towards suppression of minority views - towards orthodoxy in thinking about public issues - has been more… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Regard as free not those whose status makes them outwardly free, but those who are free in their character and conduct. For… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong? you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Tell everything to your spiritual father, and the Lord will have mercy on you and you will escape delusion. But if you… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
