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Christian Quotes by Symeon the New Theologian
- Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in monasteries,…
- Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but according to the…
- Cheerfulness consists in not regarding things as our own, but as entrusted to us by God for the benefit of our fellow-servants. It consists in…
- Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from works the demons…
- Let us flee from the deceit of life and its supposed happiness and run to Christ alone, who is the Savior of souls. Him let…
- Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle in the lives…
- 'Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord' (Heb. 12:14), Why did he say 'strive'?…
- When your soul is pricked by compunction and gradually changed, it becomes a fountain flowing with rivers of tears and compunction. If any one of…
- Illumination by the Spirit is the endless end of every virtue.
- Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter…
- Just as gold tarnished in depth (cf. Jms. 5:3) cannot be properly purified and restored to its proper brightness unless it is cast in the…
- ... if we are ashamed to imitate our Lord's sufferings, which He endured for us, and to suffer as He suffered, it is obvious that…
- Spiritual knowledge is like a house built in the midst of secular and pagan knowledge, in which there is laid up, like a solid and…
- ... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the Gospel commandments and…
- ... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that you may find…
- Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the face…
- O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God but He (cf.…
- There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from it because of…
- ... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the 'mind…
- What is the cause that one is hardened, and another readily moved to compunction? Listen! It springs from the will, in the latter case a…
- If through fear of God you cutoff your own will - inexplicably, for you do not know how this happens - God will give you…
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- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
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