Lucy King

“all the statements made about God that imply body have some hidden meaning and teach us what is above us by means of something familiar to ourselves, with the exception of any statement concerning the bodily sojourn of the God-Word.”
― John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith

“The first kind is the worship of latreia, which we give to God, who alone is adorable by nature, and this worship is shown in several ways, and first by the worship of servants. All created things worship Him, as servants their master. "All things serve Thee," (Ps. 119.91) the psalm says.”
― John of Damascus, Three Treatises on the Divine Images: Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images

“evil is nothing else than absence of goodness, just as darkness also is absence of light. For goodness is the light of the mind, and, similarly, evil is the darkness of the mind. Light, therefore, being the work of the Creator and being made good (for God saw all that He made, and behold they were exceeding good(8)) produced darkness at His free-will.”
― John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith

“Envy is pain over the good fortune of others.”
― John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith