It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is,… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life.… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized? — Ambrose Copy Share Image
When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors? — Ambrose Copy Share Image
It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it always, that… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel, but with… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for "we speak… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. — Ambrose Copy Share Image
