As the sun shines from the sky, so does Christianity shine. Let him who willfully closes his eyes attribute his lack of sight and ignorance to his own willfulness, and not to the absence of light.
Hierarch Ignatius Brianchaninov
God created us in His image and likeness; and every Christian is obliged to keep himself, and to preserve and honor in himself God's image, and to be sanctified by good works.
Saint John Chrysostom
As a wrestler constantly engages in bodily exercises so also the pious struggler ought to exercise himself in every good work.
Venerable Ephraim the Syrian
He who does not acknowledge his sinfulness, his fall, his perdition cannot accept Christ, cannot come to believe in Christ, cannot be a Christian.
Hierarch Ignatius Brianchaninov
The divine laws require that we be images for other men and by an irreproachable life show everyone the truth path.
Venerable Nilus of Sinai
The sons of God are distinguished from others by the fact that they live in afflictions, while the world prides itself on luxury and ease.
Venerable Isaac the Syrian
Christians have other aspirations, another mind; they are men of another age, of another city, because the Spirit of God abides in communion with souls.
Venerable Abba Isaias