Father Quotes by Saint Basil

Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.

— Saint Basil

Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise, so also…

— Saint Basil

Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist,…

— Saint Basil

Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.

— Saint Basil

They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.

— Saint Basil

It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate…

— Saint Basil

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account…

— Saint Basil

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship,…

— Saint Basil

[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated,…

— Saint Basil

We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.

— Saint Basil

Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much…

— Saint Basil

A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is…

— Saint Basil

The sun penetrates crystal and makes it more dazzling. In the same way, the sanctifying Spirit indwells in souls and makes them more radiant.…

— Saint Basil

If everyone would take only according to his needs and would leave the surplus to the needy, no one would be rich, no one…

— Saint Basil

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture…

— Saint Basil