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Him Quotes by Symeon the New Theologian
- A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent in his breast. If he…
- When a man walks in the fear of God he knows no fear, even if he were to be surrounded by wicked men. He has…
- 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,…
- When men search for God with their bodily eyes they find Him nowhere, for He is invisible. But for those who ponder in the Spirit…
- 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…
- 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…
- ... 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…
- ... 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.…
More Him Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden