“The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and distress brought on by various misfortunes. He who refuses them does not realize what they accomplish in this world or what he will gain from them when he departs this life.” WorldPersonsDoeChristianPainWishRealizingThis WorldGainsVariousRefuseAccomplishChristian LifeThis LifeTreatmentOrthodoxMisfortunesDistressHealed Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.” IfsMenInspirationalFirstsDoeChristianHateCausesReligiousSinHumilityHabitGainsAbandonOrthodoxConfessionCan NotEnmitySinningRemissionTrue Humility Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy.” WorldInspirationalWholeChristianJoyReligiousKnownFateSorrowEternalGainsSakeBurdenWhole WorldGod LoveOrthodox Author:Silouan the Athonite
“Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.” InspirationalChristianSpiritualLawFallPassionReligiousSinVirtueGainsInsultOppositionSinnerOrthodoxGood WillRancor Author:Marcus Eremita