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Orthodox Quotes by John Climacus
- Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before…
- God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all, the salvation of all ~faithful and unfaithful, just and unjust, pious and impious,…
- Do not be surprised if you fall every day and do not surrender. Stand your ground bravely and you may be sure that your guardian…
- Holy love has a way of consuming some. This is what is meant by the one who said, 'You have ravished our hearts' (Sg. Of…
- 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…
- Everything is possible for the believer. I have watched impure souls mad for physical love but turning what they know of such love into a…
- You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of…
- When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord's command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22). And you may…
- Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. 'Judge not, so that you may not be…
- The slave of the belly ponders the menu with which to celebrate the feast. The servant of God, however, thinks of the graces that may…
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- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
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- (When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan
- A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've… — Soren Kierkegaard
- Progress, this great heresy of decay. — Charles Baudelaire
- One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six… — Mortimer Adler
- The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable… — Annie Besant
- From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. — Samuel Butler