"When someone steals a person's clothes, we call……" — Saint Basil
"When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not?"
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86 Quotes by Saint Basil
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as…
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated…
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As…
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of…
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
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