All Theophan the Recluse Quotes
- To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there to stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing, within… All
- The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's authority over the… All
- Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have failed to realize… Annoyed
- The Lord chose the apostles, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to… Apostles
- Every Christian is chosen-chosen for similar deeds, namely: to be with the Lord, through unceasing remembrance of Him and awareness of His omnipresence, through the… All
- Every Christian has the power to heal infirmities-not of others, but his own, and not of the body, but of the soul-that is, sins and… Body
- Do this and you will be an apostle, a fulfiller of what the Lord chose you for, an accomplisher of your calling as messenger. When… All
- But your job is to work upon yourself: for this you are chosen; the rest is in the hands of God. He who humbles himself… Chosen