Quotes by : Saint Basil

Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself....

What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does....

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps....

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over....

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive....

Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise,....

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions....

There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human....

To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.