humility [Theme]



You know, father, our life should be like a Napoleon cake - dough, cream, dough, cream, and powder on top. If our cake consists of only one dough, it will not be tasty. If it consists of only one cream, it will be too sweet. And if the dough is interspersed with layers of cream - dough-cream, dough-cream, dough-cream, and powder on top - then such a pie will be sweet. The dough is our labors, our worldly cares. If our whole life consists only of them, then such a life will not be sweet. If we have only one cream, that is, only one prayer from morning to night, which is practically impossible in our life, then this will also be wrong, and it will not work. But with us everything should be harmonious and measured - our works should be intertwined with prayers. And not necessarily with long ones - you can with very short ones: Lord,
Quote Explanation: Words of Father John (Krestyankin) according to the memoirs of Abbot Melchizedek (Artyukhin).
№ 465698   Added MegaMozg 09-04-2024 / 15:24
When we are sick, we receive wounds, or we approach death and die, or we suffer a lack of necessary needs and have no one to show mercy to us; and if at the same time we say: How
№ 465624   Added MegaMozg 07-04-2024 / 08:15
Decide what to send down to you.
№ 465319   Added MegaMozg 01-04-2024 / 01:21
There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. It's called humility.
№ 465144   Added MegaMozg 26-03-2024 / 19:39
Human psychology will continue to establish a balanced relationship with the environment. When the external world is too complex and cannot be changed, the heart adapts to it and accepts it. It looks like a pumpkin crushed with iron. The inside of the pumpkin will continue to harden and become as hard as wood. If a person is imprisoned and loses all his personal freedom, and if he feels that his life is under threat, he gradually gives up his dignity for survival and pleases his captors in exchange for resources for survival.
№ 464368   Added MegaMozg 16-03-2024 / 07:51
Today
Quote Explanation: Schema-Archimandrite Zosima (Sokur), from the Sunday sermon on the Publican and the Pharisee, 1999.
№ 463609   Added Viker 14-03-2024 / 14:43
Live not as you want, but as God commands. And you see your powerlessness so well in all this, self-reproach arises so easily, and humility follows closely behind it. And the only hope remains in the Grace of God. And this is exactly what is needed.
№ 462745   Added MegaMozg 09-02-2024 / 04:24
It seems to me that the most dangerous enemies of humanity are liars. There are hundreds of thousands of liars in the world. A liar is a journalist who writes “freedom” and thinks about the freedom with which capitalists exploit workers and imperialists squeeze the juice out of colonial peoples. A liar is someone who says “peace” but in reality stands for war. A liar is someone who talks about “human dignity”, but in reality advocates humility and submission, teaches silence in the face of injustice, and turns a blind eye to poverty. Without wishing to offend anyone, I believe that there are liars in every part of the world. Every country has or had its own liars, and it’s very good if one or another country managed to overcome lies.
Quote Explanation: From the preface to the book “Gelsomino in the Land of Liars.”
№ 462184   Added Viker 05-02-2024 / 15:49
Decide what to send to you
№ 460381   Added Viker 10-01-2024 / 13:56
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)
№ 459977   Added MegaMozg 11-12-2023 / 14:27
To know the world, desire alone is not enough - modesty and humility are also needed. To know yourself, on the contrary, requires confidence and audacity. A person who is able to balance between these elements can truly be called a sage.
Quote Explanation: (Nikita Khanov for Svoy magazine
№ 459279   Added Viker 07-12-2023 / 12:07
But even these stupid creatures fell into the trap of love.
Quote Explanation: Volume 3 chapter 51
№ 458974   Added Viker 07-12-2023 / 11:21
Weakness - in humility!
№ 455429   Added MegaMozg 01-08-2023 / 21:12
In victory - find humility.
№ 454341   Added Viker 20-06-2023 / 10:52
I will bring down the proud, and I will raise up the humble...
Quote Explanation: Gospel of Luke
№ 453371   Added Viker 04-05-2023 / 10:44