“As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.” Quote by Marcus Eremita
“Meekness is an unchanging state of mind, which both in honor and dishonor remains the same. Meekness consists in praying sincerely and undisturbedly in the face of afflictions from one's neighbor. Meekness is a cliff rising from the sea of irritability, against which all the that waves that strive against it break, but which is itself never broken.” InspirationalMindStatesChristianFacesReligiousBreakSeaBrokenPrayingHonorRemainsStriveWaveNeighborRisingOrthodoxState Of MindAfflictionSincerelyCliffsMeeknessUnchangingDishonor Author:John Climacus
“A man who hates the passion cuts off their causes. But a man who remains among their causes experiences even against his will the conflict from the passions. It is not possible to be mentally inclined toward a passion if one does not love its cause. For who, disdaining shame, is given to vainglory? Or who, loving lowliness, is bothered by dishonor? Who, having a broken and humble heart, accepts fleshly sweetness? Or who, believing in Christ, is concerned about temporal things, or argues about them?” IfsMenInspirationalBelieveHeartDoeChristianHatePassionGivenCausesChristReligiousAcceptingCuttingBrokenConflictConcernedShameRemainsHumbleArguingOrthodoxSweetnessBotheredDishonorLowlinessTemporal ThingsHumble Heart Author:Marcus Eremita
“Do not try to decide a difficult matter by means of disputing, but that which is enjoined by the spiritual law, namely patience, prayer, and thoughtful hope.” InspirationalTryingMeanMatterChristianSpiritualLawDifficultReligiousPrayerThoughtfulOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“A man who is enticed by sinful thoughts is blinded by them, and he sees the action of sin in himself, but he can not see the cause of this action.” MenInspirationalActionChristianCausesReligiousSinOrthodoxCan NotBlinded Author:Marcus Eremita
“Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the guile of demons, then we see that after the commission of the sin, they suggest to us that God is a righteous and implacable Judge. The first they say in order to lead us to sin, the second, in order to weigh us down in despair.” InspirationalFirstsChristianOrderReligiousSinEnemyMankindInspireJudgingDespairForgivingGod LoveDemonOrthodoxRighteousInhumanGuile Author:John Climacus
“The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil.” InspirationalSeemsEyeChristianEvilReligiousSinGreaterDevilOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.” InspirationalChristianReligiousLordHealOrthodoxDishonor Author:John Climacus
“When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him.” InspirationalShowsChristianReligiousPraiseNeighborAbsenceOrthodoxYour Absence Author:John Climacus
“Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into the opposite passion to the virtue for which you boast, for man does not accomplish virtue alone, but with the help of God who sees all.” MenInspirationalMindDoeSelfHelpingChristianFallPassionReligiousOpinionVirtueOppositesPraiseAccomplishOrthodoxBoastSelf Praise Author:Marcus Eremita
“Lust is as it were desire and desire, will which extends beyond the natural will, passionate, not governed by the law and moderation. There are thus many forms of lust, like the many forms of sin ... Lust does not approach the soul in the form of a warlike enemy, but in the form of a friend or a pleasant servant. It suggests some sort of pleasure or illusory good. But this is only a trick by which the malicious angler strives to lead astray and catch the poor soul. Remember this when you are tempted by lust.” InspirationalDoeSoulChristianRememberFormLawDesireNaturalReligiousSinPleasurePoorEnemyApproachStrivePassionateLustTricksServantPleasantOrthodoxModerationStrifeTemptedIllusoryMaliciousAnglers Author:Patriarch Philaret of Moscow