Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. Saint John Chrysostom More Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom More Quotes From Saint John Chrysostom 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 disposition insult bears The Jews were God's chosen people. Saint John Chrysostom chosen jew people When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also. Saint John Chrysostom soul men sex Let us pass to the despotic part of the soul, spirit. We must not eliminate it utterly from the youth nor yet allow him to use it all the time. Let us train boys from earliest childhood to be patient when they suffer wrongs themselves, but, if they see another being wronged, to sally forth courageously and aid the sufferer in fitting measure. Saint John Chrysostom childhood soul boys Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us. Saint John Chrysostom religious christian inspirational Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. To-day it is for thee; tomorrow it is against thee. It arms the eyes of the envious every where. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy. Saint John Chrysostom comrade wealth enemy It may here be observed, that all who are offended by us are exposed to our view. But the rich man sees Lazarus not with any other righteous man, but in Abraham's bosom. For Abraham was full of love, but the man is convicted of cruelty. Abraham sitting before his door followed after those that passed by, and brought them into his house, the other turned away even them that abode within his gate. Saint John Chrysostom views doors men In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it. Saint John Chrysostom obstacles poverty matter 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.' Saint John Chrysostom archer pain order Hell is paved with priests' skulls. Saint John Chrysostom hell skulls religion Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others. Saint John Chrysostom religious christian inspirational
