Come close to this magical icon and it will look you in the eyes.
The beauty of the real is revealed only to those who persevere.
Nicholas G. Pentzikis
Corrolary:
There is no truth without love and no love without truth.
God made man and man religion,
to reach for the incomprehensible.
Fear is inversely proportional to one's proximity to God.
Our purpose is to want the will of God.
Photius Coutsoukis
"My soul yearns after the Lord. How could I not seek Thee? For Thou first didst seek me."
Staretz Silouan the Athonite (1865-1938)