Orthodox Quotes

572 Orthodox quotes by 179 unique authors

If you offer fasting with humility and with mercy, your bones, as Isaiah said, shall be fat, and you shall be like a well-watered garden… — Ambrose
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the prophets, who looked… — John of Kronstadt
He who thinks he lives without sin puts aside not sin, but pardon. — Saint Augustine
The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed, when 'the Word… — Saint Augustine
David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming together in one… — Pope Leo I
Firmly believe that the Lord is at all times everything to you. During prayer He is the power and the fulfillment in the Holy Spirit… — John of Kronstadt
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We know that prayer in and of itself cannot save us, but carrying it out before God can. For when the Lord's eyes are upon… — Gregory Palamas
We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as far as might… — Gregory of Nazianzus
'Hail, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with you' (Lk. 1:28)! Thus does the holy Church invoke the most holy Virgin, the Mother… — John of Kronstadt
We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him, and Him alone can… — Lorenzo Scupoli
God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His saints in the… — John Cassian
Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts' resolve be to climb. Listen to the voice of the one who says: 'Come, let us go… — John Climacus
It is necessary for a Christian to fast, in order to clear his mind, to rouse and develop his feelings, and to stimulate his will… — John of Kronstadt
When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the Lord, gaining fulfillment… — Gregory Palamas
'They straightway left their nets and followed Him' (Mt. 4:20). The Apostles did not grudge leaving their nets for the Lord's sake, although they were… — John of Kronstadt
When one has looked upon Jesus, though he be of little stature like Zacchaeus of old (cf. Lk. 19:3), and climb up on the top… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask it, we shall… — Ambrose
Prayer is spiritual breathing; when we pray we breathe in the Holy Spirit; praying in the Holy Spirit (Jd. 1:20). Thus, all church prayers are… — John of Kronstadt
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the… — Lorenzo Scupoli
'If he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall… — John of Kronstadt
May you be children of God, pure and unblameable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (cf. Phil. 1:15): and may you never… — Gregory of Nazianzus
We must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One can take heed… — Ambrose
How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind, heart and life;… — John of Kronstadt
Total surrender to the will of God actually is sacrificing oneself as a burnt offering to God. The proof of this state is dying to… — Lorenzo Scupoli

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