An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it. Saint John Chrysostom More Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom More Quotes From Saint John Chrysostom A comprehended god is no god. Saint John Chrysostom atheist Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around them, so friends impart favor even to the places where they dwell. With friends even poverty is pleasant. Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts; they only can know who have experienced. A friend is dearer than the light of heaven, for it would be better for us that the sun were exhausted than that we should be without friends. Saint John Chrysostom distance sweet friendship It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary. Saint John Chrysostom justice-of-god blessed impossible Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is. Saint John Chrysostom forbidden riches pride God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves. Saint John Chrysostom christian mother inspirational You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the unions of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of priests. Saint John Chrysostom prayer christian home The desire to rule is the mother of heresies. Saint John Chrysostom liberty mother desire Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts Saint John Chrysostom poverty saint reason Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave. Saint John Chrysostom graves forgiveness saint God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection. Saint John Chrysostom good-god perfection helping Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this. Saint John Chrysostom christian faith men When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration. Saint John Chrysostom angel men believe If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer. Saint John Chrysostom garden summer winter It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others. Saint John Chrysostom excess saint anger The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil. Saint John Chrysostom breathing devil fire Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life. Saint John Chrysostom prayer joy mean Only those who do not fight are never wounded. Saint John Chrysostom wounded fighting Faithfulness in little things is a big thing. Saint John Chrysostom faithfulness little-things littles Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve and who weep, be merciful, humble, kind, calm, patient, sympathetic, forgiving, reverent, truthful and pious, so that God might accept your fasting and might plentifully grant you the fruits of repentance. Saint John Chrysostom spiritual humble grieving A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. ... For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer. Saint John Chrysostom husband mother children
