From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki.

I am not a Hemingway aficionado..

The work of cultivating experiences called "peak experiences" or "mystic moments" or "breakthroughs" until they become more accessible is part of the….

The saddest symptom about many so-called Christians is the utter absence of anything like conflict and fight against spiritual apathy in their Christ….

There must be nothing in my daily conduct that, copied by another, could lead that one into unholiness..

It’s not what you do some of the time that counts, it’s what you do all of the time that counts..

The Cabala may be defined to be a system of philosophy which embraces certain mystical interpretations of Scripture, and metaphysical and spiritual b….

I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

Man's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material..

Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will..

Any church which forsakes the regular and uniform for the periodical and spasmodic service of God, is doomed to decay; any church which relies for it….

So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers..

All arguments are meaningless until we gain personal experience. One must win one's own place in the spiritual world painfully and alone. There is no….

Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain..

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now..

Nothing good ever comes without a price..

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears..

When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, y….

We give thanks often with a tearful, doubtful voice, for our spiritual mercies positive, but what an almost infinite field there is for mercies negat….

We as Bible-believing evangelical Christians are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict….