Do not be irritated either with those who sin or those who offend; do not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbor, and for judging him, as we are in the habit of doing. Everyone shall give an answer to God for himself… Correct your own sins, amend your own life.
— Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
In the saints we see the dominance of the spirit over the flesh, because they live by the spirit and see the spirit throughout the whole world, the Wisdom, the Omnipotence, and Goodness of God; they see in every phenomenon, in every work, the impress of the spirit.
— Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
There is nothing upon earth holier, higher, grander, more solemn, more life-giving than the Liturgy. The church, at this particular time, becomes an earthly heaven; those who officiate represent Christ Himself, the angels, the cherubim, seraphim and apostles.
— Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
If I do not feel a sense of joy in God’s creation, if I forget to offer the world back to God with thankfulness, I have advanced very little upon the Way. I have not yet learned to be truly human. For it is only through thanksgiving that I can become myself.
— Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
— Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.
— Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
