When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.

It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds, nuts and vegetables, without meat.

The Lord ate from a common bowl, and asked the disciples to sit on the grass. He washed their feet, with a towel wrapped around His waist - He, who is the Lord of the universe!

When the two shall be one, the outside as the inside, and the male and the female neither male nor female.

Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings.

We say that knowledge is not mere talk, but a certain divine knowledge, that light which is kindled in the soul as a result of obedience to the commandments, and which reveals all that is in a state of becoming, enables man to know himself and teaches him to become possessed of God.

It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.