Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quotes that make you Think.
"A person in the habit of contradicting others becomes a two-edged sword to himself. Unwittingly he destroys his own soul and alienates it from eternal life."
-- St Symeon the New Theologian
"Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it... There are certain cases of spiritual depression in which reading can become a sort of curative discipline... reintroducing a lazy mind into the life of the spirit."
-- Marcel Proust 'On Reading'
"If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God."
-- St. Isaac of Syria
"God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold which comes from the devil - for the devil is cold - let us call on the Lord. He will come to warm our hearts with perfect love, not only for Him but also for our neighbour, and the cold of him who hates the good will flee before the heat of His countenance."
-- St Seraphim of Sarov
"Preparation of heart is the unlearning the prejudices of evil converse. It is smoothing the waxen tablet before attempting to write on it."
-- St. Basil the Great
"An Old Man said, 'Whenever a man reads the Divine Books the devils are afraid.'"
-- from The Paradise of the Holy Fathers
-- St Symeon the New Theologian
"Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it... There are certain cases of spiritual depression in which reading can become a sort of curative discipline... reintroducing a lazy mind into the life of the spirit."
-- Marcel Proust 'On Reading'
"If God is slow in answering your request, or if you ask but do not promptly receive anything, do not be upset, for you are not wiser than God."
-- St. Isaac of Syria
"God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold which comes from the devil - for the devil is cold - let us call on the Lord. He will come to warm our hearts with perfect love, not only for Him but also for our neighbour, and the cold of him who hates the good will flee before the heat of His countenance."
-- St Seraphim of Sarov
"Preparation of heart is the unlearning the prejudices of evil converse. It is smoothing the waxen tablet before attempting to write on it."
-- St. Basil the Great
"An Old Man said, 'Whenever a man reads the Divine Books the devils are afraid.'"
-- from The Paradise of the Holy Fathers
