"Theology without practice is the theology of demons" — Maximus the Confessor
"Theology without practice is the theology of demons"
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Maximus the Confessor
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62 Quotes by Maximus the Confessor
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To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It…
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Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.
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God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous…
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But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for…
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Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do…
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When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic…
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If you expound the teaching of the Logos from the standpoint of the moral life, using materialistic words and examples…
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When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such…
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Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within…
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Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps…
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He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun…
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Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light…
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On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me.…
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I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver…
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My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.
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My demons and I are not compatible. We never have been and never will be.
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Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
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A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself.
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