Quotes
Authors
Maximus the Confessor
"The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from his soul the conceptual images they provoke, should pray for a pure heart to be given him and for a spirit of integrity to be renewed within him (cf. Ps. 51:10). In other words, he should pray that by grace he may be completely emptied of evil thoughts and filled with divine thoughts, so that he may become a spiritual world of God, splendid and vast, wrought from moral, natural and theological forms of contemplation." --
Maximus the Confessor
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“When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are. We receive the space in which to bloom. This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.”
“If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.”
“One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.”
“It’s a gift to joyfully recognize and accept our own smallness and ordinariness. Then you are free with nothing to live up to, nothing to prove, and nothing to protect. Such freedom is my best description of Christian maturity, because once you know that your “I†is great and one with God, you can ironically be quite content with a small and ordinary “I.†No grandstanding is necessary. Any question of your own importance or dignity has already been resolved once and for all and forever.”
“...If you look at the attached plot you will see that the land also shows the 1940s warming blip (as I'm sure you know). So, if we could reduce the ocean blip by, say 0.15 deg C, then this would be significant for the global mean-but we'd still have to explain the land blip...”
Source : "Climate Science and Candor". www.wsj.com. November 24, 2009.
“But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.”
“Stress happens when your mind resists what is...The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.”
“While wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them.”