Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken captive will never be set free (cf. Lk. 11:21-22). In every way, therefore, and especially through peace of… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
The reason that we have both good and wicked thoughts together is not, as some suppose, because the Holy Spirit and the devil dwell together in our intellect, but because we have not yet consciously experienced the goodness of the… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the struggle the holy commandments of God must be fulfilled with a certain forcefulness of will (cf. Mt. 11:12); then… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken captive will… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
All of us who are human beings are in the image of God. But to be in his likeness belongs only to those who… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Friendship after the flesh is very easily destroyed on some slight pretext, since it is not held firm by spiritual perception. But when a… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
The reason that we have both good and wicked thoughts together is not, as some suppose, because the Holy Spirit and the devil dwell… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
When a man begins to perceive the love of God in all its richness, he begins also to love his neighbor with spiritual perception.… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
It is well known that obedience is the chief among the initiatory virtues, for first it displaces presumption and then it engenders humility within… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
