“When I feel overwhelmed by misfortune, the greatest joy that the Lord can give me is to go to the altar, to put my forehead against it (as on the day of my ordination to the priesthood), and to feel the presence of the only reality. Not only does calm return, but my body seems to be annihilated; the only true life begins, the life of that which is intangible.” GivingFeelsDoeBodyRealitySeemsJoyLordReturnGive MeCalmMisfortunesOverwhelmedAltarsForeheadsPriesthoodIntangibleTrue LifeOrdination Author:Leonid Feodorov
“We do not know either unalloyed happiness or unmitigated misfortune. Everything in this world is a tangled yarn; we taste nothing in its purity; we do not remain two moments in the same state. Our affections as well as bodies, are in a perpetual flux.” KnowsWorldWellsTwoStatesMomentsBodyChangeThis WorldTasteAffectionPurityMisfortunesPerpetualTangledFluxYarn Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau