It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish. — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
