Subject: Father Zosima Quotes
From: Paul Miller (phm@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jan 29 2000 - 18:56:06 EST
Below are some great Father Zosima quotes from The Brothers K.
"Love redeems and saves everything."
(Zosima)
"Many times, it is necessary to treat people as if they were children, or as
if they were sick."
(Zosima)
"Life is a paradise, but we don't want to admit it, otherwise, in the next
morning, all earth would become a paradise."
(Zosima's brother)
"Each one of us is guilty before everybody for everything, and I am more
guilty than anybody else."
(Zosima)
"Everything is good and magnificient, because everything is true."
(Zosima)
"What is Hell? It is the sufffering for being no longer able to love.""
(Zosima)
"Everything passes, only truth remains."
(Zosima)
"How can I retrieve my faith? (...) According to what proofs? (...) "One
cannot prove anything here, but it is possible to be convinced."
"How? By what?"
"By the experience of active love. Try to love your neighbors actively and
tirelessly. The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at
the existence of God and the immortality of your soul. And if you reach
complete selflessness in the love of your neighbor, then undoubtedly you
will believe, and no doubt will even be able to enter your soul. This has
been tested. It is certain."
(Woman asking Zosima)
"Love all God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love
every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love the animals, love the plants,
love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine
mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it
better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an
all-embracing love."
Father Zosima, from "The Russian Monk" (Book Six of The Brothers Karamazov
Paul M
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