All St. Jerome Quotes
- For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life… Aloud
- To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ. Christ
- Woman is the root of all evil. All
- And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast… Adam
- No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow. Athlete
- For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable. Chastity
- Whosoever you are who introduce new doctrines, I beseech you to spare the ears of Romans! Spare that faith which was commended by the voice… Apostle
- So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment… Angel
- Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse. Hide
- Begin now what you will be hereafter. Begin
- Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts. Bad
- Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of… Consist
- Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them. Act
- If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of… Abyss
- The truly miserable have a timbre in their voices strong enough to erase smiles from the faces and souls of the contented. Contented
- Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the… All
- Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom. Evil
- Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being nobody has become a celebrity. Become Wealthy
- What cannot be changed cannot be blamed. Blame
- The most base of men can be civilized through suffering. Base
- Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur
- Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels. Flattery
- Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries. Christianity
- It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy. Christianity
- Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? Been