--- title: "91 Maximus the Confessor Quotes - Famous Theologian (On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy)" description: "Maximus the Confessor quotes on passions, wisdom, and peace." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maximus-the-confessor-65934.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maximus-the-confessor-65934.jpg) # Maximus the Confessor (0578–0662) Theologian **91** quotes in **698** categories Maximus the Confessor warns about unchecked passions that can turn into irrational love or hatred. He says commandments, teachings, and faith free the mind and guide it toward peace, which he describes as the full possession of what is desired. He also notes that true peace comes when growth stops and the soul stops chasing fleeting things. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Maximus the Confessor was a theologian, best known for *On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy*. ## Quick Facts About Maximus the Confessor Born November 30, 0578 Died August 13, 0662 Profession Theologian Notable works On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy ## About Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor, also spelled Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople, was a Christian monk, theologian, and Neoplatonic scholar. ## Quotes by Maximus the Confessor > [Christianity is an entirely new way of being human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/christianity-is-an-entirely-new-way-of-being-human/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Being human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-human/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/maximus-the-confessor-7435_being-human_christianity-is-an-entirely-new-way-of-b_2339684.jpg) > [In conformity with the philosophy of Christ, let us make of our life a training for death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/in-conformity-with-the-philosophy-of-christ-let-us-make-of-our-life-a/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christ_in-conformity-with-the-philosophy-of-chr_2745326.jpg) > [As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/as-we-have-borne-the-image-of-the-earthy-let-us-also-bear-the-image/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/maximus-the-confessor-7435_bears_as-we-have-borne-the-image-of-the-earthy_365397.jpg) > [Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/only-wonder-can-comprehend-his-incomprehensible-power/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian-inspiratio_only-wonder-can-comprehend-his-incompreh_1114183.jpg) > [Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/peace-is-truly-the-complete-and-undisturbed-possession-of-what-is/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_peace-is-truly-the-complete-and-undistur_264097.jpg) > [Theology without practice is the theology of demons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/theology-without-practice-is-the-theology-of-demons/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Demon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/maximus-the-confessor-7435_demon_theology-without-practice-is-the-theolog_1687018.jpg) > [In all our actions, God considers the intention: whether we act for Him or for some other motive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/in-all-our-actions-god-considers-the-intention-whether-we-act-for-him/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/maximus-the-confessor-7435_action_in-all-our-actions-god-considers-the-int_1091158.jpg) > [Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/dispassion-and-humility-lead-to-spiritual-knowledge-without-them-no/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_dispassion-and-humility-lead-to-spiritua_1846021.jpg) > [Unclean spirits increase the passions in us, making use of our negligence, and inciting them. But the angels decrease our passions, inciting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/unclean-spirits-increase-the-passions-in-us-making-use-of-our/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/maximus-the-confessor-7435_angel_unclean-spirits-increase-the-passions-in_207317.jpg) > [Love is manifested not only through the distribution of one's possessions, but even moreso through the spreading of the word of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/love-is-manifested-not-only-through-the-distribution-of-one-s/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_love-is-manifested-not-only-through-the_2747113.jpg) > [If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-you-make-provision-for-the-desires-of-the-flesh-and-bear-a-grudge/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/maximus-the-confessor-7435_accounts_if-you-make-provision-for-the-desires-of_124555.jpg) > [Cleanse your mind from anger, remembrance of evil, and shameful thoughts, and then you will find out how Christ dwells in you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/cleanse-your-mind-from-anger-remembrance-of-evil-and-shameful/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christ_cleanse-your-mind-from-anger-remembrance_1105731.jpg) > [Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/just-as-the-thought-of-fire-does-not-warm-the-body-so-faith-without/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/maximus-the-confessor-7435_body_just-as-the-thought-of-fire-does-not-war_606355.jpg) > [In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/in-all-of-our-deeds-god-looks-at-the-intention-whether-we-do-it-for/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_in-all-of-our-deeds-god-looks-at-the-int_3197422.jpg) > [Do not disdain the commandment to love, for through it you become a son of God, and when you break it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/do-not-disdain-the-commandment-to-love-for-through-it-you-become-a/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/maximus-the-confessor-7435_break_do-not-disdain-the-commandment-to-love-f_2649283.jpg) > [Inasmuch as you pray with all your soul for the one who has slandered you, so much will God reveal the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/inasmuch-as-you-pray-with-all-your-soul-for-the-one-who-has-slandered/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_inasmuch-as-you-pray-with-all-your-soul_1820883.jpg) > [When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/when-you-are-insulted-by-someone-or-humiliated-guard-against-angry/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/maximus-the-confessor-7435_anger_when-you-are-insulted-by-someone-or-humi_1168750.jpg) > [Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/food-is-not-evil-but-gluttony-is-childbearing-is-not-evil-but/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Avarice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avarice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/maximus-the-confessor-7435_avarice_food-is-not-evil-but-gluttony-is-childbe_1116319.jpg) > [A Christian receives divine wisdom in three ways: by the commandments, teachings, and faith. The commandments free the mind from passions. Teachings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/a-christian-receives-divine-wisdom-in-three-ways-by-the-commandments/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_a-christian-receives-divine-wisdom-in-th_321874.jpg) > [Trials are sent to some so as to take away past sins, to others so as to eradicate sins now being committed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/trials-are-sent-to-some-so-as-to-take-away-past-sins-to-others-so-as/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/maximus-the-confessor-7435_arise_trials-are-sent-to-some-so-as-to-take-aw_1724103.jpg) > [He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/he-who-has-not-yet-attained-divine-knowledge-energized-by-love-is/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abraham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/maximus-the-confessor-7435_abraham_he-who-has-not-yet-attained-divine-knowl_1589544.jpg) > [If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-everything-that-exists-was-made-by-god-and-for-god-and-god-is/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/maximus-the-confessor-7435_abandon_if-everything-that-exists-was-made-by-go_446836.jpg) > [A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/a-man-who-has-been-assiduous-in-acquiring-the-fruits-of-love-will-not/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Calamity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calamity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/maximus-the-confessor-7435_calamity_a-man-who-has-been-assiduous-in-acquirin_2462035.jpg) > [The mind of a man that loves God does not fight against things or thoughts about them, but against the passions that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/the-mind-of-a-man-that-loves-god-does-not-fight-against-things-or/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_the-mind-of-a-man-that-loves-god-does-no_2798480.jpg) > [If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-the-words-of-god-are-uttered-merely-as-verbal-expressions-and/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_if-the-words-of-god-are-uttered-merely-a_1167613.jpg) > [He who is a beginner on the way must not be brought to practise the commandments by kindness alone, but must more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/he-who-is-a-beginner-on-the-way-must-not-be-brought-to-practise-the/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Beginners](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginners/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/maximus-the-confessor-7435_beginners_he-who-is-a-beginner-on-the-way-must-not_3084468.jpg) > [He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/he-who-asks-to-receive-his-daily-bread-does-not-automatically-receive/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/maximus-the-confessor-7435_ability_he-who-asks-to-receive-his-daily-bread-d_1640333.jpg) > [Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/let-us-be-satisfied-simply-with-what-sustains-our-present-life-not/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/maximus-the-confessor-7435_absence_let-us-be-satisfied-simply-with-what-sus_762700.jpg) > [...one's movement towards the divine reaches its end only when one reaches God... 'The true Sabbaths are the rest laid up for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/one-s-movement-towards-the-divine-reaches-its-end-only-when-one/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/maximus-the-confessor-7435_bears_one-s-movement-towards-the-divine-reache_2376863.jpg) > [Our forefather Adam... used his freedom to turn toward what was worse and to direct his desire away from what had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/our-forefather-adam-used-his-freedom-to-turn-toward-what-was-worse/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/maximus-the-confessor-7435_adam_our-forefather-adam-used-his-freedom-to_3206296.jpg) > [Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/just-as-the-teaching-of-the-law-and-the-prophets-being-harbingers-of/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Advent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/maximus-the-confessor-7435_advent_just-as-the-teaching-of-the-law-and-the_2643672.jpg) > [It is one thing to be delivered from bad thoughts, and another to be freed from the passions. Often people are delivered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/it-is-one-thing-to-be-delivered-from-bad-thoughts-and-another-to-be/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Bad thoughts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-thoughts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/maximus-the-confessor-7435_bad-thoughts_it-is-one-thing-to-be-delivered-from-bad_2965346.jpg) > [He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/he-who-has-realized-love-for-god-in-his-heart-is-tireless-in-his/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/maximus-the-confessor-7435_bears_he-who-has-realized-love-for-god-in-his_1831538.jpg) > [Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/just-as-the-light-of-the-sun-attracts-a-healthy-eye-so-through-love/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_just-as-the-light-of-the-sun-attracts-a_2686188.jpg) > [Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/humility-and-suffering-free-a-man-from-all-sin-for-the-first-cuts-out/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/847/maximus-the-confessor-7435_christian_humility-and-suffering-free-a-man-from-a_1169868.jpg) > [You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/you-will-be-able-to-check-envy-if-you-rejoice-with-the-man-whom-you/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/maximus-the-confessor-7435_able_you-will-be-able-to-check-envy-if-you-re_599307.jpg) > [Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/whoever-sees-in-himself-the-traces-of-hatred-toward-any-man-on/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/maximus-the-confessor-7435_accounts_whoever-sees-in-himself-the-traces-of-ha_327495.jpg) > [If an unexpected temptation comes, don't blame the one through whom it came, but seek out the reason. Thus you will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximus-the-confessor/if-an-unexpected-temptation-comes-don-t-blame-the-one-through-whom-it/) [Maximus the Confessor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximus-the-confessor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/maximus-the-confessor-7435_blame_if-an-unexpected-temptation-comes-don-t_2236270.jpg) > [Every genuine confession humbles the soul. 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