All Clement of Alexandria Quotes
- The Lord ate from a common bowl, and asked the disciples to sit on the grass. He washed their feet, with a towel wrapped around… Asked
- Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul. Course
- For, in truth, an image is only dead matter shaped by the craftsman's hand. But we have no sensible image of sensible matter, but an… Alone
- But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images… Art
- The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker and Father of the universe. Abstinence
- He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating… All
- Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane. Even if you… Art
- The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise. All
- It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works. Adorning
- When you see your brother, you see God. Brother
- Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to… Christianity
- All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing,… Accomplish
- He changed sunset into sunrise. Changed
- If you enroll as one of God's people, then heaven is your country and God your lawgiver. Country
- 'Eat my flesh,' Jesus says, 'and drink my blood.' The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh and pours out… Blood
- Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others. Dress
- But by no manner of means are women to be allotted to uncover and exhibit any part of their person, lest both fall,-the men by… Allotted
- What does God think of spurious beauty, rejecting utterly as He does all falsehood? All
- Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called 'the Church.' Called
- When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty. Accepted
- We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they… Benefit
- It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds,… Accordingly
- But those who are ready to toil in the most excellent pursuits, will not desist from the search after truth, till they get the demonstration… Demonstration
- And Numenius, the Pythagorean philosopher, expressly writes: 'For what is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek.' Attic
- His Son Jesus, the Word of God, is our Instructor.... He is God and Creator. Creator