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In this time of , music is vital.
— Susanne Dunlap
This was the Goblin King. The abductor of maidens, the punisher of misdeeds, the Lord of Mischief and the Underground.
— S. Jae-Jones
As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly
— Maximus The Confessor
Cleanse your mind from anger, remembrance of evil, and shameful thoughts, and then you will find out how Christ dwells in you.
— Maximus The Confessor
Christianity is an entirely new way of being human.
— Maximus The Confessor
You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever he grieves.
— Maximus The Confessor
In conformity with the philosophy of Christ, let us make of our life a training for death.
— Maximus The Confessor
In all our actions, God considers the intention: whether we act for Him or for some other motive.
— Maximus The Confessor
Dispassion and humility lead to spiritual knowledge. Without them no one will see the Lord.
— Maximus The Confessor
Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself a pure intellect.
— Maximus The Confessor
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.
— Maximus The Confessor
If an unexpected temptation comes, don't blame the one through whom it came, but seek out the reason. Thus you will find correction for your soul.
— Maximus The Confessor
Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.
— Maximus The Confessor
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.
— Maximus The Confessor
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.
— Maximus The Confessor
In all of our deeds God looks at the intention, whether we do it for His sake, or for the sake of some other intention.
— Maximus The Confessor
Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.
— Maximus The Confessor
Didn't seem likely, but what's the point of likely fantasies?
— Joe Abercrombie
Our eyes met and the soul-light danced between. "Well.." he said, "how about coffee?
— Rachel Heffington
Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired.
— Maximus The Confessor
Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace of God.
— Maximus The Confessor
Inasmuch as you pray with all your soul for the one who has slandered you, so much will God reveal the truth to them who have believed the slander.
— Maximus The Confessor
Do not disdain the commandment to love, for through it you become a son of God, and when you break it, you become a son of Gehenna.
— Maximus The Confessor
Theology without practice is the theology of demons
— Maximus The Confessor
The price of being the best is having to be the best.
— Terry Pratchett
Whatever happened yesterday was the past.
— Rajneesh