Pope Leo I

Those who are not good to others are bad to themselves.

— Pope Leo I

The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.

— Pope Leo I

By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified

— Pope Leo I

A true worshipper is one whose mind has not been defiled with any false belief.

— Pope Leo I

Each needs the other: capital cannot do without labor, nor labor without capital.

— Pope Leo I

The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

— Pope Leo I

The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace.

— Pope Leo I

God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.

— Pope Leo I

No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the…

— Pope Leo I

He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.

— Pope Leo I

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

— Pope Leo I

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you…

— Pope Leo I

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by…

— Pope Leo I

The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true…

— Pope Leo I

Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in…

— Pope Leo I

The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies…

— Pope Leo I

A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything…

— Pope Leo I

Let no one be ashamed of the cross by which Christ has redeemed the world. None of us must be afraid to…

— Pope Leo I

Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement…

— Pope Leo I

The Church is a virgin, the bride of one Spouse, Who is Christ, and this Church does not allow herself to be…

— Pope Leo I

... the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6).…

— Pope Leo I

Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of…

— Pope Leo I

David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming…

— Pope Leo I

And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water…

— Pope Leo I

It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is…

— Pope Leo I

As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless…

— Pope Leo I

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you…

— Pope Leo I

Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.

— Pope Leo I