“If the humility of Christ becomes the way of our life, any place may, and will, become a place of Resurrection.”
“The bigger our faith in Heaven is, the less our worries on Earth are.”
“When thoughts of passing judgment on another person cross your mind, Pray God to take them away at once, so that you may love this person as He does. Then God will help you see your own faults. If Christ were visible, could you have such thoughts?”
“Never identify a person with the wrong way in which he is treating you, but see Christ in his heart.”
“What we say remains in Eternity.”
“Whoever lives in the past is like a dead man. Whoever lives in the future in his imagination is naive, because the future belongs to God. The Joy of Christ is found only in the present, in the Eternal Present of God.”
“Our destination is to worship God and love our fellow-men.”
“We are the first to feel the joy we give to others.”
“God loves your enemies as much as He loves you.”
“When the ‘I’ breaks and becomes ‘You’ and the ‘You’ also breaks so that they may both become ‘He’, then we all become ‘His’.”
“Some of the sailors on a ship may quarrel and fight each other, but the ship sails on and reaches its destination. The same is true of the Church, because Christ Himself is at the helm.”
“You should be with people as you are with Christ; just as if He were present, and then you will not get upset about anything or with anybody.”
“There is something called Christian self-respect. Because the Christian knows that he is a brother of the Prince of Glory and a son of the Father. Because of this it is not allowed in his presence for others to talk in an unseemly way or to condemn people present or absent.”
“Never let the other understand that he has hurt you.”
“Instead of asking “Does this person love me”, it is better to say “I love this person”. Then everything changes. The Apostle Paul put it so beautifully.”
“Only people of God, who don’t make compromises, recognize each other.”
“To remember the other is an expression of love.”
“You feel freedom when the behaviour of others does not bother you and you forgive them.”
“Everywhere are people of God. You never know if the one you see today might tomorrow be a Saint.”
“If you have love for all the world, the whole world is beautiful.”
“In the early steps of our life we need the presence of someone we love. As we advance, the One, God, fills us with His Love and Joy so much that we no longer need anyone. The Soul does this at the beginning because she does not know yet Whom she loves, and thinks it is this or that person.”
“A person’s most vulnerable spot is found in much talking and discussing.”
“If you do not like somebody, think that you see Christ in that person. Then, you would not even dare utter a word of criticism.”
“We must love people and accept them in our hearts as God presents them to us. It has been thus ordained by the Lord Himself and by the Orthodox Tradition.”
“Human relationships become difficult when the “I” stands above the “You”.”
“He who honours somebody else, is essentially honouring Christ Who is in him. That is how it works. And when we ourselves give others an honour or a position, we are really honouring the Lord who we have within us and who every person has.”
“The Lord said, “Forgive your enemies.” It is incomprehensible for us not to forgive our brothers, so He didn’t mention it. What right has a person not to forgive a person? If he doesn’t, he is inhuman.”
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