Orthodox Quotes

572 Orthodox quotes by 179 unique authors

All orthodox opinion - that is, today, "revolutionary" opinion either of the pure or the impure variety - is anti-man. — Wyndham Lewis
If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox. — E. W. Howe
Remember how the Lord rebukes Martha when He says: 'You are anxious and troubled about many things: one thing alone is needful' (Lk. 10:41-42) ?… — Evagrius Ponticus
The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying… — Evagrius Ponticus
... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny… — Evagrius Ponticus
Provide yourself with such work for your hands as can be done, if possible, both during the day and at night, so that you are… — Evagrius Ponticus
He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger… — Evagrius Ponticus
The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God. — Clement of Alexandria
Every evil screams only one message: 'I am good.' — Alexander Schmemann
Do good when you remember, and what you forget will be revealed to you; and do not surrender your mind to blind forgetfulness. — Syncletica of Alexandria
How can it be other than right to worship the Body of the Lord, all-holy and all-reverend as it is, announced as it was by… — John of Kronstadt
... faithfully and strenuously you should resist the heretics in defense of the only true and life-giving faith, which the Church has received - the… — Pope Clement I
...the aim of every hierarchy is always to imitate God so as to take on His form... the task of every hierarchy is to receive… — Maximus the Confessor
Let others mock at you, oppose you, when you are under the influence of any passion; do not be in the least offended with those… — Soren Kierkegaard
He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery Than… — James Russell Lowell
No one has a closest friend in Hollywood. These guys do not do friends in the orthodox sense! — Sheilah Graham Westbrook
Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on society. — Vladimir Putin
Our Savior was crucified for our sakes that by His death He might give us life and train and attract us all to endurance. To… — Saint Basil
When our Lord says, 'I have not spoken of Myself' (Jn. 12:49), and again, 'As the Father said to Me, so I speak' (Jn. 12:50),… — Saint Basil
It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight. — Saint Basil
... if, to me, to live is Christ (Phil. 1:21), truly my words ought to be about Christ, my every thought and deed ought to… — Saint Basil
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17). — Saint Basil
... the more have been your trials, look for a more perfect reward from your just Judge. Do not take your present troubles ill. Do… — Saint Basil
... if we say that the Father is the origin of the Son and greater than the Son, we do not suggest any precedence in… — Pope Clement I
To Whom does our God say, 'in our image' (Gen. 1:26), to whom if it is not to Him who is 'the brightness of His… — Saint Basil

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