Pope Gregory I Quotes

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• There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for…
• To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.
• Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity. Justice must be accompanied by humility, that humility…
• The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of…
• The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.
• We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder
• The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of…
• The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our…
• The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you…
• What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?
• The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.
• Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.
• We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of action.
• There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness;…
• If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We…
• You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.
• Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.
• The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

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