"To love Christ -means not to be a……" — Saint John Chrysostom
"To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but to be a true benefactor and to do everything only for the sake of love for God."
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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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More Benefactor Quotes
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When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He…
— Thomas Adams
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Buddha says: "Do not flatter your benefactor!". Let one repeat this saying in a Christian church : it immediately purifies…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and…
— Chuck Baldwin
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The sense that the meaning of the universe had evaporated was what seemed to escape those who welcomed Darwin as…
— R. J. Hollingdale
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One great blemish in the popular mind of America and the prolific parent of an innumerable brood of evils, is…
— Charles Dickens
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I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they…
— Al Capone
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Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his…
— Adolf Hitler
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Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible…
— Hugo Chavez
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
— Benjamin Whichcote
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It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to…
— Thomas Traherne
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