When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one… — 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
No Christian ought to think of himself as his own master, but each should rather so think and act as though given… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
While we try to amass wealth, make piles of money, get hold of the land as our real property, overtop one another… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is… — 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
We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
We should even go beyond doing what is required in order to avoid scandal. — 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… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Reprimand and rebuke should be accepted as healing remedies for vice and as conducive to good health. From this it is clear… — 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)
