"Fasting of the body is food for the…" — Saint John Chrysostom

Fasting of the body is food for the soul. - Saint John Chrysostom

"Fasting of the body is food for the soul."

— Saint John Chrysostom

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122 Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom

Saint John Chrysostom has 122 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A comprehended god is no god.
The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.
Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason,…
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to…
Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a…
We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him,…
Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of…
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with…
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection…
If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.
No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure… — Aristotle
If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the… — M H Abrams
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa… — Chinua Achebe
Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All… — Saint Augustine

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