Best Ambrose Sayings
- When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you… Attend
- Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at… Body
- As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the… Christ
- The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel, but with ordinary… Added
- What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to… Avarice
- How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive… All
- Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there… All
- When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church… Church
- If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. Elsewhere
- Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked. Accordingly
- Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. Eye
- There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience. Conscience
- If someone offends you, don't tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no attention whether they… All