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“Everyone must recognize that a man who attempts to dishonor an image which has been set up for the glory and remembrance of Christ, of His holy Mother, or one of His saints, is an enemy of Christ, of His holy Mother, and the saints .”

– Saint John of Damascene
(On Holy Images Part III)

“Come, wretched soul, with your flesh, confess to the Creator of all. In the future refrain from you former brutishness, and offer to God tears of repentance.”

– Saint Andrew of Crete
(The Great Canon)

“Do not despair…Had you not lived piously and endeavored to become united to God, the enemy would not have attacked and tormented you.”

– Saint John of Kronstadt
(from My Life in Christ)