Orthodox Quotes

572 Orthodox quotes by 179 unique authors

Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the… — Maximus the Confessor
Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for this, as we… — Maximus the Confessor
If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of life of those… — Maximus the Confessor
Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself a pure intellect. — Maximus the Confessor
He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge… — Maximus the Confessor
Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired. — Maximus the Confessor
You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever he grieves. — Maximus the Confessor
He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he receives it according… — Maximus the Confessor
When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from… — Maximus the Confessor
He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears every hardship, reproach… — Maximus the Confessor
Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace… — Maximus the Confessor
If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory, you worship the… — Maximus the Confessor
The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not… — Maximus the Confessor
If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he who abandons what… — Maximus the Confessor
For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between… — Maximus the Confessor
Many have said much about love, but you will find love itself only if you seek it among the disciples of Christ. For only they… — Maximus the Confessor
He has as yet no perfect love, whose disposition towards men depends on what they are like, loving one and despising another for this or… — Maximus the Confessor
When what has been created in time according to the temporal order has reached maturity, it ceases from natural growth. But when what has been… — Maximus the Confessor
If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God to share our… — Maximus the Confessor
Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord. — Maximus the Confessor
If... Adam had trusted in God and been nourished from the tree of life (Gn. 2:9)? he would not have set aside the immortality that… — Maximus the Confessor
There is a single energy of God and the saints? they are living icons of Christ, being the same as He is, by grace rather… — Maximus the Confessor
No benefit comes from a just man's prayer if he who asks for it finds more pleasure in sin than in virtue. For Samuel mourned… — Maximus the Confessor
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own volition, power to… — Maximus the Confessor
When a man's intellect is constantly with God, his desire grows beyond all measure into an intense longing for God and his incensiveness is completely… — Maximus the Confessor

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