If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
The steam of meat darkens the light of the spirit...One hardly can have virtue when one enjoys meat meals and feasts... — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit. — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
The sun penetrates crystal and makes it more dazzling. In the same way, the sanctifying Spirit indwells in souls and makes them… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
What is the mark of a Christian? That he be purified of all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
When a sunbeam falls on a transparent substance, the substance itself becomes brilliant, and radiates light from itself. So too Spirit bearing… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Through the Holy Spirit comes our restoration to paradise, our ascension into the kingdom of heaven, our return to the adoption of… — 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)
