Author of quotes: Anthony Of Sourozh

It was so with her life: she saw only a thorny bush. But who among us does not do this in one way or another?

When it is said that we must remember death, it is not said to make us afraid of life; this is said so that we live with all the tension that we could have if we were aware that every moment is unique for us, and every moment, every moment of our life must be perfect, must not be a decline, but the top of the wave, not defeat, but victory.

Love is an amazing feeling, but it is not only a feeling, it is a state of the whole being. Love begins at the moment when I see a person in front of me and see his depths, when I suddenly see his essence. Of course, when I say "I see," I do not want to say "I comprehend with my mind" or "I see with my eyes," but I comprehend with my whole being. If you can give a comparison, then I also comprehend beauty, for example, the beauty of music, the beauty of nature, the beauty of a work of art when I stand before it in amazement, in silence, only perceiving what is in front of me, not being able to express it in any word, except by exclamation: “My God! How wonderful! "

A Christian is a disciple and friend of Christ.

But for this we need to understand what love is and how we can connect with each other in love, because love is different. We use this word in very different circumstances. We say that we love God, that we love our parents, that we love our wife, husband, children, but we also say that we love the smallest things. We belittle this sacred, amazing word, saying: I love ice cream, I love walks, I love football, I love theater ... And by doing so, we lower the quality of the word itself and become prisoners of this confusion ourselves.

In a world where everything and everyone is disorganized, marriage is a place where two people, thanks to the fact that they love each other, become one, a place where strife ends, where the realization of a single life begins. And this is the greatest miracle of human relations: two suddenly become one person, two faces suddenly, because they fell in love and accepted each other to the end, completely, turn out to be something more than a two, than just two people, turn out to be a unity.

Accustom yourself at the first glance at a person always from the heart to wish him well.

There is a Chinese saying that the entire darkness of the universe cannot extinguish the smallest candle. This must be remembered ...

The fruit, the result of repentance must be a consciousness that's more to do people will not.

The commandments of Christ - not just doing for the implementation of the law, but something more: it is a manifestation of Christ's care and love of Christ to those who needs it, indiscriminately, without question, worthy of this person, without question: not a liar is he? - he'll respond, and we will answer for how we to the man reacted.

The difference between a lost sinner and a man that conquers in the name of God all temptations, is only one: to resolve.

When you look at a cow and see it as only a live beef, you will never discover the secret of this living entity.

Man Matures when the negative deeds of others can not extinguish in him the love of the people...

We must learn to look at each other as the most precious in the world.