“It is impossible to replace the spiritual with the emotional. If anyone tries to forcibly replace one with the other, then he will assimilate lies instead of truth, falsehood masquerading as truth.” —St. Ignatius Brianchaninov (Bryanchaninov) of Caucasus, The Refuge, Chapter 9, p. 119

“Our religion is founded on spiritual experience, seen and heard as sure as any physical fact in this world. Not theory, not philosophy, not human emotions, but experience.” —St. Nikolai Velimirovich