Faith and Works
“Faith, like hope and love, is a person’s internal state; it is essential that it be manifested in his behavior and works. The Lord...
Fire and Light
“God is consuming fire. When an object touches fire, it is changed: either it is burned up, or it is tempered. So too, a man, in touching...
Love (Worldly)
“… together with this law of self-sacrifice, there’s another universal law—the law of self-preservation. Here the law of love is as if...
Jesus Prayer
“If I sit down to say the Jesus Prayer [Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner] I will very quickly have certain kinds...
Grace (Willingness to Receive)
“All the Christians of St. John’s time, by “receiving of His fullness,” the “grace for grace,” actually shared in what the Logos...
Heart (Change of)
“...mere outward confession of sin is not what God desires, but an inward change of heart.” (Orthodox Study Bible, 1 Kingdoms 15:24-26)...
Mistakes
“Once, a very spiritual professor…was asked: “Who was the greatest teacher in your life?” He replied: “My mistakes.” His mistakes were...
Ego (Self-Will)
“…the opposite of love is ego…love is outwardly focused while ego is inwardly focused. Our little ego continually limits our worldview,...
Reductionism
“We live in a culture of statistics – and they hide a lot. They obscure us in the reduction of our lives to generalities. None of us is a...
Barriers
“To know the world in such a way that one can touch the surface but also reach through the outer facets to the love that pulses in all...