All Saint Ambrose Quotes
- The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril. Best
- God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be… All
- It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to… All
- Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is… Alone
- Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of… Amend
- O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in… Accounted
- Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be… Back Within
- Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may… Abuse
- A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the two, one with… Chosen
- Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common… All
- A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his… All
- It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what… Advantageous
- It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well. Moving
- A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand. Freer
- One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a… All
- God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are… Accustomed
- No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good. Alone
- The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church. Church
- Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns. Contests
- God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life… Akin
- God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another… Act