Quotes from John of Damascus

An angel is an intelligent essence, always in motion. It has free will, is incorporeal, serves God, and has been bestowed with immortality. Only the Creator understands its true nature.

Woman is the daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of hell, the enemy of peace.

The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God.

Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.

To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there; and to live under her command is more than to govern.

Because of the Incarnation, I salute all remaining matter with reverence.

If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.