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Inspirational Quotes
St. Gregory Palamas – On blaming Adam and Eve
Many people perhaps blame Adam for the way he was easily persuaded by the evil counsellor and rejected the divine commandment and through such...
Saint Silouan – The Lord calls us ‘Children’!
Great and unapprehensible is our Lord, but for our sakes He made Himself small that we might know Him and love Him, that for...
Saint Porphyrios – On Laziness
There was no question of laziness. I liked to pray even when I was tired. When I was exhausted I sought God even more....
Saint Paisios – Distance cannot separate the love of Christ
In the spiritual life, there is no “near” and “far”. Distance cannot separate the love of Christ, because Christ, with His love, abolishes distances....
St. Isaac the Syrian – Profitable Advice
He that gives an apology in behalf of the oppressed will find an advocate in his creator. He that gives his arm to the...
A house is not built by beginning at the top – Abba John the...
Abba John the Dwarf said, 'A house is not built by beginning at the top and working down. You must begin with the foundations...
Saint Sophrony – On Prayer
I once read a newspaper account of an engineer testing the jet engine of a plane who carelessly stepped into the air stream which...
St. John Chrysostom – We should not accuse the objects, but ourselves
The beauty of woman is the greatest snare. Or rather, not the beauty of woman, but unchastened gazing! For we should not accuse the...
Saint Paisios on Humility
If you want to be free of your passions, your medicine is to be simple, humble; to take in, like the good earth, both...
Saint Porphyrios – On depression
Something which can help a person who is depressed is work, interest in life. The garden, plants, flowers, trees, the countryside, a walk in...
