Virtue Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom

God measures out affliction to our need.

— 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…

— Saint John Chrysostom

The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.

— Saint John Chrysostom

What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.

— 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.

— 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…

— Saint John Chrysostom

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

— 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…

— 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.

— Saint John Chrysostom

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.

— Saint John Chrysostom

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— Saint John Chrysostom