Quotes by : John Chrysostom

The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy....

No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time....

If then we have angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a....

[On what young husbands should say to their wives:] I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and....

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires....

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a [person].

So it is with sorrow, each thinks his own present grief the most severe. For of this he judges by his....

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying....

For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force.

We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature....