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Christian Quotes by Saint Basil
- What is the mark of a Christian? That he be purified of all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit in the Blood of…
- Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the…
- Our Savior was crucified for our sakes that by His death He might give us life and train and attract us all to endurance. To…
- When our Lord says, 'I have not spoken of Myself' (Jn. 12:49), and again, 'As the Father said to Me, so I speak' (Jn. 12:50),…
- It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.
- ... if, to me, to live is Christ (Phil. 1:21), truly my words ought to be about Christ, my every thought and deed ought to…
- I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).
- ... the more have been your trials, look for a more perfect reward from your just Judge. Do not take your present troubles ill. Do…
- To Whom does our God say, 'in our image' (Gen. 1:26), to whom if it is not to Him who is 'the brightness of His…
- The Christian ought not to say anything behind his brother's back with the object of calumniating him, for this is slander, even if what is…
- No Christian ought to think of himself as his own master, but each should rather so think and act as though given by God to…
- Human life is but of brief duration. 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass…
- Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,…
- Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to revolve, as it…
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- God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
- No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
- The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion… — Saint Augustine
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
- I'm a Jewish born-again Christian. — Stephen Baldwin
- The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In the trinitarian… — Hans Urs von Balthasar