Origen Quotes

Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God.

You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars.

What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?

The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.

Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.

What each man honours before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.

The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much.

Those who believe the Author of Nature to be also the Author of Scripture must expect to find in Scripture the same sorts of difficulties that they find in Nature.

Where there is division, there is sin.

Conscience is the chamber of justice.

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.

The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject.

Free will is the power of choosing good and evil.

When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer.

The Word of God is like a lamp to guide us.

You cannot demand military service of Christians any more than you can of priests. We do not go forth as soldiers with the Emperor even if he demands this.

For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.

God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.

This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.

Those who are wise ambassadors of the word have no other object in view than to free as far as they can their hearers from weak opinions, and to endue them with intelligence.

We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.

That which is called God's wrath, and anger, is a means of discipline.

Ask, and it shall be given you.

This also is a part of the Church's teaching, that the world was made and took its beginning at a certain time, and is to be destroyed on account of its wickedness.

The soul has neither beginning nor end [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.