Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So he who loves God cultivate….

Do not say that faith in Christ alone can save you, for this is not possible if you do not attain love for Him, which is demonstrated by deeds. As fo….

When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it, providing it with ….

To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid re….

Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory ….

If you are remembering evil against someone, then pray for him; and as you remove through prayer the pain of the remembrance of the evil he has done,….

But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why did he command these things?….

By His gracious condescension God became man and is called man for the sake of man and by exchanging His condition for ours revealed the power that e….

Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the soul..

Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to the love of God. For love toward G….

Cleanse your mind from anger, remembrance of evil, and shameful thoughts, and then you will find out how Christ dwells in you..

He who has realized love for God in his heart is tireless in his pursuit of the Lord his God, and bears every hardship, reproach and insult nobly, ne….

Those who seek the Lord should not look for Him outside themselves; on the contrary, they must seek Him within themselves through faith made manifest….

Love is manifested not only through the distribution of one's possessions, but even moreso through the spreading of the word of God and helpful deeds..

If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God to share our sufferings? This shared suffering….

There is a single energy of God and the saints? they are living icons of Christ, being the same as He is, by grace rather than by assimilation..

Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily..

Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power..

Theology without practice is the theology of demons.

In conformity with the philosophy of Christ, let us make of our life a training for death..

He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent or to examine himself so as to di….