In an age of relativism, orthodoxy is the only possible rebellion left

Atheism cheapens everything it touches - look at the results of communism, the most powerful form of atheism on earth.

We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority.

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

Gratitude is the seedbed of joy.

This is the reason why it is crucial to distinguish anger from hatred. There is a kind of anger (nonsinful kind) which...is in God himself, while hate is not in God but is in Satan. If we do not clearly distinguish anger from hatred, then we do not clearly distinguish God from Satan!

Great saints are never wimps.