--- title: "13 May Quotes By Saint John Chrysostom" description: "13 May quotes by Saint John Chrysostom. Plus more from Saint John Chrysostom and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_comedy_laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul_435809.jpg" --- > [Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul-that-the-soul-may-sometime-be/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_comedy_laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul_435809.jpg) > [The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/the-eucharist-is-a-fire-that-inflames-us-that-like-lions-breathing/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_altars_the-eucharist-is-a-fire-that-inflames-us_1866544.jpg) > [Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/memory-of-our-good-works-makes-us-negligent-and-leads-to-arrogance-do/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_arrogance_memory-of-our-good-works-makes-us-neglig_1866332.jpg) > [No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/no-matter-how-just-your-words-may-be-when-you-speak-with-anger-you/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_anger_no-matter-how-just-your-words-may-be-whe_2766286.jpg) > [We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/we-should-not-bear-it-with-bad-grace-if-the-answer-to-our-prayer-is/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_answers_we-should-not-bear-it-with-bad-grace-if_1929659.jpg) > [How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/how-many-of-you-say-i-should-like-to-see-his-face-his-garments-his/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_blessed-sacrament_how-many-of-you-say-i-should-like-to-see_3103876.jpg) > [What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/what-good-is-it-if-the-eucharistic-table-is-overloaded-with-golden/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_altars_what-good-is-it-if-the-eucharistic-table_2807814.jpg) > [Consider how august a privilege it is, when angels are present, and archangels throng around, when cherubim and seraphim encircle with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/consider-how-august-a-privilege-it-is-when-angels-are-present-and/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_angel_consider-how-august-a-privilege-it-is-wh_812363.jpg) > [Whatever you may do for your brother, being hungry, and a stranger, and naked, not even the devil will be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/whatever-you-may-do-for-your-brother-being-hungry-and-a-stranger-and/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d38/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_able_whatever-you-may-do-for-your-brother-bei_1794796.jpg) > [God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/god-does-not-forsake-you-it-is-because-he-wishes-to-increase-your/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_doe_god-does-not-forsake-you-it-is-because-h_1911447.jpg) > [If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/if-the-lord-should-give-you-power-to-raise-the-dead-he-would-give/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_able_if-the-lord-should-give-you-power-to-rai_627137.jpg) > [You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/you-see-how-many-are-the-benefits-of-baptism-and-some-think-its/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_adoption_you-see-how-many-are-the-benefits-of-bap_826448.jpg) > [It may here be observed, that all who are offended by us are exposed to our view. But the rich man sees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/it-may-here-be-observed-that-all-who-are-offended-by-us-are-exposed/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_abode_it-may-here-be-observed-that-all-who-are_2128419.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Saint John Chrysostom > [God measures out affliction to our need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/god-measures-out-affliction-to-our-need/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/if-we-approach-with-faith-we-too-will-see-jesus-for-the-eucharistic/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/the-slave-should-be-resigned-to-his-lot-in-obeying-his-master-he-is/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/every-trace-of-the-old-philosophy-and-literatureof-the-ancient-world/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/what-the-soul-is-in-the-body-let-christians-be-in-the-world/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/there-is-nothing-that-has-been-created-without-some-reason-even-if/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/it-is-certainly-a-greater-and-more-wonderful-work-to-change-the-minds/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/as-a-moth-gnaws-a-garment-so-doth-envy-consume-a-man/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/what-is-it-to-be-a-fool-for-christ-it-is-to-control-one-s-thoughts/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/let-us-always-guard-our-tongue-not-that-it-should-always-be-silent/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/it-brings-comfort-to-have-companions-in-whatever-happens/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/i-do-not-think-there-are-many-among-bishops-that-will-be-saved-but/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with his mark.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/when-an-archer-desires-to-shoot-his-arrows-successfully-he-first/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/whether-therefore-we-receive-what-we-ask-for-or-do-not-receive-it-let/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) > [Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/not-to-share-our-own-wealth-with-the-poor-is-theft-from-the-poor-and/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/saint-john-chrysostom/#itemlist", "name": "13 May Quotes By Saint John Chrysostom", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saint John Chrysostom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul-that-the-soul-may-sometime-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_comedy_laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul_435809.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_comedy_laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul_435809.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_comedy_laughter-has-been-implanted-in-our-soul_435809.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.” — Saint John Chrysostom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saint John Chrysostom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/the-eucharist-is-a-fire-that-inflames-us-that-like-lions-breathing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_altars_the-eucharist-is-a-fire-that-inflames-us_1866544.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_altars_the-eucharist-is-a-fire-that-inflames-us_1866544.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_altars_the-eucharist-is-a-fire-that-inflames-us_1866544.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar…” — Saint John Chrysostom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. 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It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saint John Chrysostom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/god-does-not-forsake-you-it-is-because-he-wishes-to-increase-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_doe_god-does-not-forsake-you-it-is-because-h_1911447.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_doe_god-does-not-forsake-you-it-is-because-h_1911447.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_doe_god-does-not-forsake-you-it-is-because-h_1911447.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God does not forsake you. 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