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Him Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom
- We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to…
- How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat…
- If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles…
- How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do see Him, you…
- You can call happy those who saw Him... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give…
- Let us pass to the despotic part of the soul, spirit. We must not eliminate it utterly from the youth nor yet allow him to…
- Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears.
- We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great…
- When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to…
- There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a…
- If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.
- "He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix. 2). God allowed…
More Him Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not… — Francis of Assisi
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden