Quotes by : Saint Basil

In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external....

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

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship and he who plants kindness gathers love.

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....

God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts....

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

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

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God....