“One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.” Quote by Marcus Eremita
“If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the same thing again.” IfsInspirationalChristianFallEasyReligiousSinOrthodoxSincerely Author:Marcus Eremita
“It is harmful to remember previous sins in detail. For if they bring you sorrow, they will estrange you from hope, but if they are remembered without sorrow, they will introduce the previous defilement. If you want to bring to God an uncondemned confession, then don't remember your sins in detail, but manfully endure the suffering that is coming because of them.” IfsWantInspirationalChristianRememberSufferingReligiousSinSorrowEndureDetailsRememberedOrthodoxIntroducingConfessionDefilement Author:Marcus Eremita
“God values deeds according to their intentions. For it is said, "The Lord grant unto you according to your heart" (Ps. 19:5) ... Therefore, whoever wants to do something but can't is considered as having done it by God, who sees the intentions of our hearts. This applies to both good and evil deeds alike.” WantInspirationalHeartSaidDoneChristianValuesEvilReligiousLordIntentionDeedsGood And EvilOrthodoxGrants Author:Marcus Eremita
“If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.” IfsInspirationalSeemsChristianEvilReligiousIntentionDeedsOrthodoxGood Christian Author:Pope Gregory I
“Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain.” IfsThinkingInspirationalDoneChristianSpiritualPurposeReligiousLaborVainOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“When the mind forgets the purpose of Christian life, then even the clear fulfillment of virtue becomes profitless.” InspirationalMindChristianPurposeReligiousForgetVirtueClearChristian LifeFulfillmentOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“One evil receives strength from another. In the same way, good deeds also sprout one from another, and the one in whom they are found grows larger.” WayInspirationalChristianEvilFoundGrowsReligiousDeedsOrthodoxGood DeedsSprouts Author:Marcus Eremita
“If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For as we relate to our virtues, so God relates to our sins.” PeopleIfsWantInspirationalKindChristianReligiousSinLordVirtueRelateOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“I see all this and know that if we are to save the Jewish state and its three-and-a-half million Jews from terrible horrors, we must rise up and demand a fundamental change in the very system of government.” IfsKnowsStatesGovernmentThreeHalfMillionsTerribleHorrorDemandFundamentalsJewSystems Of Government Author:Meir Kahane
“Whoever has a spiritual gift and compassionate toward one who does not have it guards his gift through his compassion. But whoever is proud of his gift loses it through self-opinion.” InspirationalDoeSelfChristianSpiritualLosesReligiousCompassionOpinionProudOrthodoxCompassionateSpiritual GiftsSelf Opinion Author:Marcus Eremita