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"31 John Chrysostom Quotes & Sayings

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Born: c. 347. Died: 14 September 407 AD | Author | Clergyman |

Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead

Feeding Hunger Greater work Dead
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Everywhere, wherever you may find yourself, you can set up an altar to God in your mind by means of prayer.

Everywhere God Mind Prayer
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God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves

God Loves Father Friend
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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Prayer Refuge Worry Happiness
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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.

Share Wealth Poor Life
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There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

Nothing Christian Seek Save
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The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

Bee Honored Animals Labors
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The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.

Love Husband Wife Soceity
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The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

Rich man Possession Gives
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Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul.

Money Need Love Soul
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Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

Guard Silent Speak Time
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As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a person.
Garment Envy Consume Person
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Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

Happiness Achieved Life Gratitude
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But now, instead of organs, Christians must use the body to praise God.

Christians Body Praise God
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No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.

Words Ruin Speak Anger
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The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.

Holy scriptures Books Hearts
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Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Learn Enjoy Little things Many
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We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

Pray God Intimate Humbled
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Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.

Imagine Anger Tame Soul
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When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.

Form Good resolution God Opportunity
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Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

Ridiculous Seek Opinion Wish
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Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

Faithfulness Little things Big
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We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.

Enemy Devil Brother Heart
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We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.

Mind Insulting Offend God
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God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection.

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

Christians Men Sinners Force
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It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

Impossible Lead Prayer Virtuous life
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Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

Stand Virtue Mercy Saved
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Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Riches Forbidden Pride
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The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf

Test Sincerity Prayer Labor
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If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

Tribulation Rest Winter Summer
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John Chrysostom Quotes & Sayings