Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around them, so friends impart favor even to the places where they dwell. With friends even poverty is pleasant. Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts; they only can know who have experienced. A friend is dearer than the light of heaven, for it would be better for us that the sun were exhausted than that we should be without friends.
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. - Saint John Chrysostom
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.
- Saint John Chrysostom
If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice. - Saint John Chrysostom
If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.
Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow … - Saint John Chrysostom
Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow …
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path. - Saint John Chrysostom
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.
We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God. - Saint John Chrysostom
We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.
Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs. - Saint John Chrysostom
Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.
There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others. - Saint John Chrysostom
There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. - Saint John Chrysostom
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to … - Saint John Chrysostom
When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to …
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