“No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.” Quote by Meister Eckhart
“What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.” MindSpiritualChristLinesFoolEmptyFree Spirit Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“It is therefore essential to let the 'heart spirit' settle like calm water. Then it becomes a tranquil lake in which the sky is reflected, in which the face of Christ can be seen.” HeartFacesSpiritualSpiritChristWaterSkyEssentialsCalmSettlingLakesTranquilCalm Water Author:Olivier Clement
“Learning to be silent is far more difficult and far more important than learning to recite prayers.” ImportantSpiritualDifficultPrayerSilent Author:Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
“Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting joy. But if we refuse His love and remain in the coldness of sin and opposition to Him and to other men then will His fire (by our own choice rather than His) become our everlasting enemy, and Love, instead of being our joy, will become our torment and our destruction.” IfsMenSpiritualJoyChoicesSinLove IsEnemyFireDestructionAnd LoveRefuseOppositionTransformedTormentHis LoveEverlastingConsumingColdness Book:New Seeds of Contemplation Source: New Seeds of Contemplation
“Through the fall our nature was stripped of divine illumination and resplendence. But the Logos of God had pity upon our disfigurement, and in His compassion He took our nature upon Himself. On Tabor He manifested it to His elect disciples clothed once again most brilliantly. He showed what we once were and what we shall become through Him in the age to come if we choose to live our present life, as far as possible, in accordance with His ways.” IfsWayAgeSpiritualFallCompassionDivinePityDiscipleIlluminationLogosPresent LifeDisfigurement Author:Gregory Palamas
“My favorite: Spirituality is a domain of awareness.” SpiritualSpiritualityJourneyAwarenessMy FavoriteDomainSpiritual Journey Author:Deepak Chopra
“Which of course is followed by: For those who have Awareness, a hint is quite enough. For the multitudes of heedless mere knowledge is useless. Haji Bektash Veli We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” EnoughSpiritualCoursesJourneyAwarenessMereUselessMultitudesSparesHintsSpiritual Journey Author:Marcel Proust
“For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.” PeopleHeartLongSpiritualSpiritualityJourneyLandSeekingPilgrimageSpiritual JourneyStrandsShrinesRenowned Author:Geoffrey Chaucer
“Personal answers to ultimate questions. That is what we seek.” SpiritualSpiritualityAnswersMysteryJourneyUltimateSpiritual JourneyUltimate Questions Author:Alexander Eliot