Carson

“Eternity' does not constitute a completely timeless state, but was created along with the spiritual world and coexists with it without end. So that just as time is intrinsic to the world perceived by the senses, so 'eternity' too is intrinsic to the created world of the spirit. Finally, the Day of the Lord, or the eighth day is also described as 'eternal' because it represents the state of the world to come.”
― Georgios I. Mantzarides, Time And Man

“You can refrain from sinning out of fear. It is an inferior step, but good in its own way. Or out of love: the way saints and people of superior character do. But also out of shame. A terrible shame, like one at having done unseemly things in front of a delicate person, at having cast an ugly word at an old woman, at having cheated someone who trusts you. After you have known Christ, it becomes hard to sin; you are terribly ashamed.”
― Nicolae Steinhardt, Jurnalul fericirii