“This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.” Quote by Isaac of Nineveh
“The one reality you can't evade is personal experience.” RealityPersonal Experiences Author:David Bentley Hart
“It is impossible for one to live without tears who considers things exactly as they are.” ImpossibleTears Author:Gregory of Nyssa
“The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.” MenGood Man Author:Thomas More
“Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.” AmountSorrowShallowness Book:My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition
“The goal of human freedom is not in freedom itself, nor it is in man, but in God. By giving man freedom, God has yielded to man a piece of His Divine authority, but with the intention that man himself would voluntarily bring it as a sacrifice to God, a most perfect offering.” MenGivingHumansGoalPerfectPiecesSacrificeDivineAuthorityIntentionOfferingHuman FreedomSacrifice To God Author:Theophan the Recluse
“Christ is Everything. He is joy, He is life, He is light. He is the true light who makes man joyful, makes him soar with happiness; makes him see everything, everybody; makes him feel for everyone, to want everyone with him, everyone with Christ.” MenWantFeelsLightJoyChristJoyfulSoar Author:Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia
“It is a kind of self-projection of our sins when we insist on other people becoming good. In reality, we wish to become good, but because we are unable to, we demand it of others and insist on this.” PeopleKindSelfRealityWishSinBecomingDemandProjection Author:Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia
“Where there is simplicity, there are a hundred Angels, but where there is cleverness - there are none.” HundredAngelSimplicityCleverness Author:Ambrose of Optina
“The wisdom of the Holy Spirit is much greater than the wisdom of the entire world. Within the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, silence prevails; the wisdom of the world, however, goes astray into idle talk.” WorldSpiritSilenceGreaterHolyHoly SpiritIdle Author:Isaac of Nineveh