“So it is with sorrow, each thinks his own present grief the most severe. For of this he judges by his own experience. He that is childless considers nothing so sad as to be without children; he that is poor,… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft - magicians with a star, fishers with a fish. — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to receive it. And if he wants to receive it, he cannot help but being distraught at losing it. Those who are in love with applause have their spirits starved not only when they are blamed off-hand, but even… — John Chrysostom Copy Share
The Judge will pass sentence, not according to what any other person has said concerning you, but according to what you have yourself spoken.… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“For it cannot, it cannot be, that a man should enjoy the benefit of grace except he watch.” — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Do not say I use what is mine: you use what is alien to you; the indulgent, selfish use makes what is yours something… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
After the prophets, the false prophets; after the apostles, the false apostles; after Christ, anti-Christ. — John Chrysostom Copy Share
Higher than every painter, higher than every sculptor and than all artists do I regard him who is skilled in the art of forming… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God's love toward us. — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is nothing, and my most ardent dream is to spend it with you in such a way that we may be assured of not being separated in the life reserved for us... I place your love above… — John Chrysostom Copy Share