SO GOOD QUOTES

Category: KNOWLEDGE

  • I fell silent, with a sense of satiety, of futility. I might, I reflected, go on questioning my mother for hours and still not come to a conclusion about anything: her life, and she herself, had by now attained a degree of utter meaninglessness which amounted, in the long run, to a sort of mystery at the same time both dull and impenetrable.

    Boredom
    Alberto Moravia

  • I pride myself on my capacity to perceive the transitory character of everything.

    —Emil Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born

  • The person who really knows what’s going on, a lot of times, you find him more reserved.

    —Fr. Mina Dimitri

  • Some call men intelligent because they have the power of discernment on the sensible plane. But the really intelligent people are those who control their own desires.

    —St Mark the Ascetic

  • …and he changed them all. By what means? By means of the earnest. How was he sufficient for these things?

    By the grace of the Spirit. Unskilled, ill-clothed, ill-shod he was upheld by Him Who also has given the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore he says, “And who is sufficient for these things?” (2 Cor. 2:16). “But our sufficiency is of God, who has made us sufficient as ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter but of the Spirit” (2 Cor. 3:5-6).

    —Saint John Chrysostom, On the Vanity of Riches
    HOMILY Two
    After Eutropios, having been found outside the church, was taken captive

  • “The ineloquent man was wiser than the wise.”

    —Saint John Chrysostom, On the Vanity of Riches
    HOMILY Two
    After Eutropios, having been found outside the church, was taken captive

  • Normal People (2020)

  • The greatest source of tears which the saints, the desert ascetics, used is weeping for sins. It is a source out of which abundant tears spring forth, for everyone who offers a true repentance with all their heart, feeling sorry for their sins, which caused all these sufferings to their compassionate Redeemer, portraying His wound before them and His open side by the spear of their sins. Therefore, you can do nothing but weep and shed tears.

    They are the tears of regret for the lost time in entertainment and the false happiness in the vain pleasures of the world.

    —H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Pray

  • Q4. How does one know what is the gift that God has given them? Is there something that is supposed to be revealed at a certain time? Is there anything one can do to speed up the process of finding our gift?

    Yes, you can pray about it and God will help you, to reveal your gift to you. Also, you can listen to the feedback other people give you. For example, people will say to you, “You have leadership qualities”;

    “You know, when I talk to you, I feel comfortable,” so perhaps your gift is counseling, or you may be good at administration. So listen to the feedback from other people.

    —H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Know the Will of God

  • Q3. How do you know when a door is closed by God?

    As I told you, you will not have peace about this way. When you ask many people, they will not be comfortable about this way. As I told you, God is not the author of confusion. God will send you certain signs or verses or messages, assuring you that this is not the way. When you try to knock on this door or to pursue it, you will find may challenges.

    So, when you put all these things together, then you will know that this door is not for you. It is closed.

    —H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Know the Will of God