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> [What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/what-is-the-benefit-of-fasting-in-our-body-while-filling-our-souls/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

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> [What is the mark of a Christian? That he be purified of all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit in the Blood of Christ, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God and the love of Christ, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/what-is-the-mark-of-a-christian-that-he-be-purified-of-all-defilement/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

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## More by Saint Basil

> [Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/truly-unexpected-tidings-make-both-ears-tingle/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/just-as-we-would-have-no-need-of-the-farmer-s-labor-and-toil-if-we/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/men-whose-sense-of-taste-is-destroyed-by-sickness-sometimes-think/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

> [Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/good-masters-teach-good-doctrine-but-that-taught-by-evil-masters-is/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

> [They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/they-who-sow-courtesy-reap-friendship-and-they-who-plant-kindness/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/it-is-impious-to-say-that-evil-has-its-origin-from-god-because-naught/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/do-not-measure-your-loss-by-itself-if-you-do-it-will-seem-intolerable/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/a-tree-is-known-by-its-fruit-a-man-by-his-deeds-a-good-deed-is-never/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/every-disappointment-or-misfortune-can-become-a-blessing-in-disguise/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

> [We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/we-should-not-accept-in-silence-the-benefactions-of-god-but-return/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/any-one-who-chooses-will-set-up-for-a-literary-critic-though-he/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/a-woman-who-deliberately-destroys-a-fetus-is-answerable-for-murder/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/the-sun-penetrates-crystal-and-makes-it-more-dazzling-in-the-same-way/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/if-everyone-would-take-only-according-to-his-needs-and-would-leave/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/we-need-not-only-read-sacred-scripture-but-learn-it-as-well-and-grow/)

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