"If then we have angels, let us be……" — John Chrysostom
"If then we have angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also."
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John Chrysostom
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28 Quotes by John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom has 28 quotes on this site.
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The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.
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I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the…
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The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since…
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Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft - magicians with a star, fishers…
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As the Father useth this expression I AM, so also doth Christ, for it signifieth continuous being, irrespective of all…
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Correct him, but not as a foe, nor as an adversary exacting a penalty, but as a physician providing medicines.
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Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground, for it is hard for a tree that stands…
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Higher than every painter, higher than every sculptor and than all artists do I regard him who is skilled in…
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God, having placed good and evil in our power, has given us full freedom of choice; He does not keep…
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Let us not so much labor to know where hell is - as how to escape it.
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We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature…
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Helping a person in need is good in itself. But the degree of goodness is hugely affected by the attitude…
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More Angels Quotes
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I…
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to…
— Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
— Francis Bacon
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies.…
— Drew Barrymore
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure,…
— Karl Barth
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing…
— Martha Beck
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
— Josh Billings
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
— Robert Blair
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not…
— William Blake
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The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of…
— Phillips Brooks
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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so…
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