Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator. — 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
You can see that a city is prosperous by the wealth of goods for sale in the market. Land too we call… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
I have learned from Jesus Christ Himself what charity is, and how we ought to practise it; for He says: "By this… — 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
