John Chrysostom quotes - page 6

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. (John Chrysostom)
Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all. View quote
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The Priest is the common father, as it were, of all the world; it is proper therefore that he should care for all, even as God, Whom he serves. View quote
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No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not. View quote
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Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings. View quote
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It is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified for us. The standing figure belongs to the priest who speaks these words. The power and the grace belong to God. 'This is My Body,' he says. And these words transform the offerings. View quote
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What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips? View quote
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When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with his mark. It should be the same for you who are about to shoot the head of the wicked devil. Let us be concerned first for the good order of sensations and then for the good posture of inner thoughts.' View quote
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If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God. View quote
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Nothing does so much turn our life upside down, as delay and procrastination in the performance of our good works. Nay, this has often caused us to lose all. View quote
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While the tongue through shame often pours not forth all its wickedness at once, the heart having no human witness, fearlessly gives birth to whatever evils it will. (John Chrysostom)
The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf. View quote
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Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger. View quote
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Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay a new foundation every moment. Abba Pimen said, To throw yourself before God, not to measure your progress, to leave behind all self-will; these are the instruments for the work of the soul. The desire to rule is the mother of heresies. View quote
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I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things. View quote
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For nothing so much disturbs the mind, though it be done for some beneficial purpose, as to innovate and introduce strange things, and most of all when this is done in matters relating to divine worship and the glory of God. View quote
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If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades. View quote
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You are a stranger and a sojourner here on Earth; your true homeland is in Heaven. View quote
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If we must remember offenses, let us remember only our own. View quote
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Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts. View quote
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The Jews were God's chosen people. (John Chrysostom)
Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels. View quote
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Nothing is so agreeable to God as a grateful and thankful soul. View quote
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Parents should not think about how to make their children rich in silver and gold, but how they can become richer in piety, wisdom, and the acquisition of virtue. View quote
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It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life. View quote
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John Chrysostom

Occupation: Clergyman
Born: 349
Died: 407
Quotes count: 271
Wikipedia: John Chrysostom

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