The Lord does not require us to wear a [cassock] — He wants us to be good and kind.
Thaddeus of VitovnicaTags: kindness christianity spirituality jesus-christ monasticism eastern-orthodoxy
Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility.
Thaddeus of VitovnicaTags: inspirational christianity humility suffering spirituality eastern-orthodoxy
When we talk to our fellow men and they tell us about their troubles, we will listen to them carefully if we have love for them. We will have compassion for their suffering and pain, for we are God's creatures; we are a manifestation of the love of God.
Thaddeus of VitovnicaTags: love compassion christianity spirituality god-s-love eastern-orthodoxy council
Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.
Thaddeus of VitovnicaTags: christianity joy spirituality thankfulness eastern-orthodoxy joyfulness
We need repentance. You see, repentance is not only going to a priest and confessing. We must free ourselves from the obsession of thoughts. We fall many times during our life, and it is absolutely necessary to reveal everything [in Confession] to a priest who is a witness to our repentance.
Repentance is the renewal of life. This means we must free ourselves from all our negative traits and turn toward absolute good. No sin is unforgivable except the sin of unrepentance.
Tags: thinking christianity forgiveness good spirituality confession obsession repentance thoughts eastern-orthodoxy
It is only when you touch the higher that you realize how low we may be among the possibilities of creation.
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: spirituality
The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word all the time, and I think behind it lurk some really extraordinary taboos and confusions. What I want to argue tonight is that how we talk about belief- how we fail to criticize or criticize the beliefs of others, has more importance to us personally, more consequence to us personally and to civilization than perhaps anything else that is in our power to influence.
Sam HarrisTags: ethics belief religion atheism humanism spirituality agnosticism
What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.
Sam HarrisTags: ethics belief religion atheism humanism spirituality agnosticism
The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.
Sam HarrisTags: ethics belief religion atheism humanism spirituality agnosticism
We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.
Sam HarrisTags: ethics belief religion atheism humanism spirituality agnosticism
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