“If a man cannot learn well a melody on pipe or harp, unless he in every way strain his attention; how shall one, who sits as a listener to sounds mystical, be able to hear with a careless soul?” — 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.… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
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 Image
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… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
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