I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal? But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of necessity will… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, even our brothers, the animals, to whom Thou gavest… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
The love of God is not taught. No one has taught us to enjoy the light or to be attached to life… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Human life is but of brief duration. 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Our Savior was crucified for our sakes that by His death He might give us life and train and attract us all… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
![“[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected and searched for will it be found and recognised as such and the most made of it. For example...] Many a man curses the rain that falls…” quote by Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f73/saint-basil-4281_abundance_every-disappointment-or-misfortune-can-b_143853.jpg)
