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Orthodox Quotes by Lorenzo Scupoli
- Our Lord Christ Himself strikes down our enemies through us, or in company with us. For he who eats Christ's flesh and drinks His blood…
- You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same' (Col. 4:2). For…
- The Lord said: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (Jn. 15:5). So for the duration of our life, every day and at every moment, we…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- ... do not listen to vain and empty talk, in which the majority of world-loving people spend their time, and do not take pleasure in…
- ... you must hasten to oppose pernicious pride of mind, before it penetrates into the marrow of your bones. Resist it, curb the quickness of…
- ... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite means to gain…
- The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show us, as we…
- Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner peace and stillness…
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- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- 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
- I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and… — Marina Abramovic
- (When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan
- If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and… — Robert D. Brinsmead
- [Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to think of… — Abraham Maslow
- It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At… — Bertrand Russell
- We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the… — Harry S. Truman
- Tell me there is a God in the serene heavens that will damn his children for the expression of an honest belief!… — Robert Green Ingersoll