Saint John Chrysostom

Let us not overlook so great a gain.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Fasting is a medicine.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Endurance is the queen of all virtues.

— Saint John Chrysostom

God asks little, but He gives much.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

— Saint John Chrysostom

The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.

— Saint John Chrysostom

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

— Saint John Chrysostom

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God.

— Saint John Chrysostom

What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.

— Saint John Chrysostom

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.

— Saint John Chrysostom

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak,…

— Saint John Chrysostom

The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Shall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade?

— Saint John Chrysostom

If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the…

— Saint John Chrysostom

God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the…

— Saint John Chrysostom

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the…

— Saint John Chrysostom

A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above…

— Saint John Chrysostom

We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get…

— Saint John Chrysostom

No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an…

— Saint John Chrysostom

In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle…

— Saint John Chrysostom

In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore…

— Saint John Chrysostom

This is the rule of most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namely, the seeking of the common good…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Therefore, not only are their passions satanic, but their lives are diabolic. So I say to you that these are even worse…

— Saint John Chrysostom

A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears…

— Saint John Chrysostom

If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows…

— Saint John Chrysostom

You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins,…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity…

— Saint John Chrysostom

For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better…

— Saint John Chrysostom

What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient…

— Saint John Chrysostom

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.

— Saint John Chrysostom

We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes Him bold.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts.

— Saint John Chrysostom