Elder Sophrony Quotes

#1. A human heart is a skein of such imperceptibly and subtly interwoven threads that even the owner of it is often himself at a loss how to unravel it.

Giovanni Ruffini

#2. I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

#3. I've met girls in college that say to me, 'Is it bad that I'm 25 and I'm in love with Ross Lynch?'

Ross Lynch

#4. To possess character is to be useful, and to be useful is to be independent, and to be useful and independent, is to be happy, even in the midst of sorrow; for sorrow is not necessarily unhappiness.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#5. I live in the constant newness of aspiration. Whatever I think, I ignore. Whatever I feel, I don't trust. Yet I listen to my thoughts and follow my feelings.

Frederick Lenz

#6. Like the rest of us he seeks an external savior.

Philip K. Dick

#7. In high school I had some famously egregious fashion missteps. I was really out there in fashion, I think because I wanted attention. I would wear crazy patterns, skin-tight pants and giant platform shoes.

Busy Philipps

#8. No one likes rain but rain brings us pleasure for once pleasure's gone we learn what to treasure.

Ace Antonio Hall

#9. Know the Power that is Peace.

Black Elk

#10. Stand at the brink of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little, and have a cup of tea.

Sophrony Sakharov

#11. Instruct wisely.
Instruct worthily.
Instruct willingly.
Instruct wonderfully.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#12. Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#13. Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Frances Hodgson Burnett