"Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations,……" — Saint John Chrysostom
"Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial."
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Saint John Chrysostom
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122 Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John Chrysostom has 122 quotes on this site.
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A comprehended god is no god.
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The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.
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Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason,…
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The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to…
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Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a…
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We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him,…
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Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of…
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It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
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What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with…
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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection…
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If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
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Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the…
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A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast:…
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With celestial sight, trials impossible to change become possible to endure.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of…
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Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world on the blue shore of silence or where the storm…
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Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's…
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I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that…
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[W]hen Galileo discovered he could use the tools of mathematics and mechanics to understand the motion of celestial bodies, he…
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The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends…
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Celestial spirit that doth roll; The heart's sepulchral stone away, Be this our resurrection day, The singing Easter of the…
— Richard Le Gallienne
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It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of…
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