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31 John Chrysostom Quotes & Sayings
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31 John Chrysostom Quotes & Sayings
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Born: c. 347. Died: 14 September 407 AD |
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Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Share
Wealth
Poor
Life
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There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Bee
Honored
Animals
Labors
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The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Guard
Silent
Speak
Time
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John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Happiness
Achieved
Life
Gratitude
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But now, instead of organs, Christians must use the body to praise God.
John Chrysostom
Christians
Body
Praise
God
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No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Holy scriptures
Books
Hearts
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Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
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?
John Chrysostom
Ridiculous
Seek
Opinion
Wish
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Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Enemy
Devil
Brother
Heart
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We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
God
Helps
Work
Person
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For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force.
John Chrysostom
Christians
Men
Sinners
Force
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It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Stand
Virtue
Mercy
Saved
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Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
John Chrysostom
Riches
Forbidden
Pride
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The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf
John Chrysostom
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.
John Chrysostom
Tribulation
Rest
Winter
Summer
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