Faith

"Faith is an orientation of the soul to the will of God." -- Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, All Saints Monastery YouTube broadcast, October 17, 2008.

"The opposite of faith is not doubt. Doubt is a very big part of faith. We're always wrestling with doubt. But the real opposite -- the enemy of faith -- is self will. Doing what we want to do, when we want to do it, how we want to do it, for the reasons we think we should do it." -- Fr. John Hanesworth, Paridosis Podcast, June 18, 2008.

"A miracle is not the breaking of the laws of the fallen world, it is the reestablisment of the laws of the Kingdom of God. A miracle happens only if we believe that the law depends not on the power, but on the love of God. Although we know that God is almighty, as long as we think that he does not care, no miracle is possible. To work it, God would have to enforce his will, and that he does not do. Because at the very core of his relationship to the world, even fallen there is his absolute respect for human freedom and rights. The moment you say, 'I believe, and that is why I turn to you', implies, 'I believe that you will be willing that there is love in you and that you are actually concerned about every single situation'. The moment this grain of faith is there, the right relationship is established, and a miracle becomes possible." - Metropolitan Anthony Bloom, Living Prayer

"A person who does not know God is like a lamp which has been unplugged. You can change the light bulb as often as you like until our Lord returns; turn the switch as many times as you wish; but the light will not come on unless the lamp is plugged into it's source of power. In the same way, we must be 'plugged in' to Him who gives us life, that is God, our creator." -- Bishop BASIL (Essey), Bishop of Wichita and the Antiochian Diocese of Mid-America, on the occasion of the funeral of Sbdcn John Dutcher, 11 August, 2008.

See also Fundamentalism