Saint John Chrysostom

Fasting of the body is food for the soul.

— Saint John Chrysostom

God measures out affliction to our need.

— Saint John Chrysostom

The drunken man is a living corpse.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Labor: a powerful medicine.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Glory be to God for all things!

— Saint John Chrysostom

Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.

— Saint John Chrysostom

The Jews were God's chosen people.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Where dance is, there is the devil.

— Saint John Chrysostom

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.

— Saint John Chrysostom

What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.

— Saint John Chrysostom

We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

— Saint John Chrysostom

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.

— Saint John Chrysostom

The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.

— Saint John Chrysostom

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God.

— Saint John Chrysostom

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

— Saint John Chrysostom

We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at…

— Saint John Chrysostom

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who…

— Saint John Chrysostom

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the…

— Saint John Chrysostom

God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the…

— Saint John Chrysostom

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God…

— Saint John Chrysostom

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have…

— Saint John Chrysostom

It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while…

— Saint John Chrysostom

This is what an excellent teacher does; he does not follow his disciples' fancy everywhere, but leads them to his own mind,…

— Saint John Chrysostom

What is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment;…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to…

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Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by…

— Saint John Chrysostom

For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from…

— Saint John Chrysostom

For nothing so much disturbs the mind, though it be done for some beneficial purpose, as to innovate and introduce strange things,…

— Saint John Chrysostom

God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick.…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind.…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard,…

— Saint John Chrysostom

I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if we enjoy it, we naturally wants to…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Paul commands: 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the Traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.'…

— Saint John Chrysostom

He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix.…

— Saint John Chrysostom

How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do…

— Saint John Chrysostom

It may here be observed, that all who are offended by us are exposed to our view. But the rich man sees…

— Saint John Chrysostom

Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers…

— Saint John Chrysostom