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Them Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom
- When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love…
- You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins, but we have…
- When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.
- Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day.…
- Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore the less we…
- For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from theaters and go…
- Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as…
- Words would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them.
- Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who…
- I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell…
- Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
- ...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.
- Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster