Diadochos of Photiki: Quotes about God

Diadochos of Photiki was Byzantine saint. Explore interesting quotes on god.
Diadochos of Photiki: 20   quotes 0   likes

“If, therefore, we learn persistently to be detached from the good things of this world, we shall be able to unite the earthly appetite of the soul to its spiritual and intellectual aspiration, through the communion of the Holy Spirit who brings this about within us. For unless His divinity actively illumines the inner shrine of our heart, we shall not be able to taste God's goodness with the perceptive faculty undivided, that is, with unified aspiration.”

Diadochos of Photiki

§ 28
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)

Soul , God , Learning , Heart

“No one can love God consciously in his heart unless he has first feared Him with all his heart. Through the action of fear the soul is purified and, as it were, made malleable and so it becomes awakened to the action of love.”

Diadochos of Photiki

§ 16
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)

Soul , God , Heart , Love

“Whoever loves himself cannot love God.”

Diadochos of Photiki

§ 12
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)

Love , Making love , God