Ορθοδοξία

Fight bravely against the wicked one who envies you, bear with fortitude, patience and faith whatever befalls you. Don’t allow the enemy of your soul to tyrannize you. He comes in sheep’s clothing and pretends to want the good of your soul.

Elder Amfilokhios Makris

Let’s not think too much about sins or dwell on them. Let’s confess them and then make changes and concentrate on good things.

Abbess Theosemni, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopiyi, Hania, Crete

When you find yourself absolutely right, persuade yourself that you are wrong.

Elder Joseph the Hesychast (+)

Love of God is born of genuine faith, because those who love God can’t bear ever to leave Him. Grass can withstand fire more easily than the devil can deal with the flame of love. Love is a better defence than a wall and more resilient that diamonds. Love isn’t human words and concepts, nor mere declarations and addresses, but obvious concern backed up by works.

Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis

Jesus Christ, our God, didn’t say: ‘Here I am. Come and find Me’, but Himself came to us. What does this mean for us, in our everyday lives? We, too, must descend to where other people are, meet them there and stop demanding that they should come and find us.

Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos

Cutting yourself off from the link with other people isn’t a feature of those who live in accordance with the commandment of love.

Saint Basil the Great

Sin really is a dreadful tyrant, issuing wicked commands and shaming those who obey them. From the time it entered the world, it has destroyed freedom, debased the value we have as our natural right and has introduced enslavement.

Saint John Chrysostom

The closer people draw to God the more they approach each other. And again, the more they approach each other, the closer they draw to God.

Abba Dorotheos

When the Lord enters our heart, the desert of the soul blossoms like a lily. Ah, why don’t we turn our hearts to the Lord more often? How much peace and consolation God has in store for us.

Saint John of Kronstadt

Spiritual people are all pain. In other words, they feel pain for situations and people, but are rewarded for this pain with divine consolation. They feel pain, but also divine consolation within themselves, because God pitches blessings down into our soul from Paradise. And we rejoice in His divine love. This is joy, spiritual joy, which is inexpressible and inundates the heart.

Saint Paisios the Athonite