Top 100 Saint John Chrysostom Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. From the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding.

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#3. We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church.

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#4. You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment.

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#5. What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

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#6. There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

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#7. It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.

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#8. One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.

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#9. To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

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#10. Whatever you may do for your brother, being hungry, and a stranger, and naked, not even the devil will be able to despoil, but it will be laid up in an inviolabe treasure.

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#11. I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

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#12. Every man is the painter and the sculptor of his own life.

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#13. Thus abide constantly with the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that the heart swallows the Lord and the Lord the heart, and the two become one.

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#14. Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

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#15. Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

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#16. Let us not overlook so great a gain.

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#17. Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

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#18. You can call happy those who saw Him ... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy.

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#19. Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.

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#20. Fasting is a medicine.

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#21. It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

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#22. Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice.

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#23. Nothing causes us to so nearly resemble God as the forgiveness of injuries.

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#24. Fasting of the body is food for the soul.

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#25. Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

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#26. Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore the less we need, the more we are on our way to them; the more we need, the more we sink down to this perishable life.

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#27. Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes Him bold.

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#28. Words would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them.

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#29. 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.

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#30. If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.

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#31. In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.

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#32. A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

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#33. I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

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#34. You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the unions of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of priests.

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#35. Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy Scriptures.

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#36. Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as ourselves.

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#37. You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense.

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#38. This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.

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#39. Make account that thou hast done nothing, and then thou hast done all. For if, being sinners, when we account ourselves to be what we are, we become righteous, as indeed the Publican did; how much more, when being righteous we account ourselves to be sinners.

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#40. For nothing so much disturbs the mind, though it be done for some beneficial purpose, as to innovate and introduce strange things, and most of all when this is done in matters relating to divine worship and the glory of God.

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#41. If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

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#42. 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.

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#43. Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.

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#44. Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.

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#45. If we were not passionately inclined to money or to vainglory, then we would not fear death or poverty. We would not know enmity or hatred, and we would not suffer from the sorrows of ourselves or others.

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#46. Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

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#47. We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great patience and resignation. For He delays for this reason: that we may offer Him a fitting occasion of honoring us through His divine providence.

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#48. How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment.

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#49. If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus ... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit.

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#50. It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while buying or selling ... or even while cooking.

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#51. Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

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#52. God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.

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#53. What is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment; and after laying this aside for a short time by means of death, we shall resume it again with more splendor.

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#54. Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead

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#55. Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

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#56. The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil.

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#57. Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil!

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#58. Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to the rigor of Divine justice, but might be saved with the help of her sweet mercy and powerful intercession.

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#59. The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

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#60. Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.

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#61. If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways.

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#62. The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.

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#63. God measures out affliction to our need.

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#64. 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.

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#65. Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the purpose of all the activity of the world? Answer, I challenge you! It is vanity of vanity: all is vanity.

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#66. 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.

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#67. Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life.

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#68. This is the rule of most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namely, the seeking of the common good ... for nothing can so make a person an imitator of Christ as caring for neighbors.

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#69. Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.

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#70. The drunken man is a living corpse.

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#71. Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.

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#72. There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough to despise wealth, but you must also feed the poor and, more importantly, you must follow Christ.

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#73. Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

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#74. 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.

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#75. If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall.

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#76. When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.

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#77. What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?

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#78. The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

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#79. Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.

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#80. Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining the desires of our heart, when God so wills it, is not worse than to receive it; for we know not as He does, what is profitable to us.

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#81. I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about such things, and inquire from the Holy Scriptures all these things.

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#82. This is what an excellent teacher does; he does not follow his disciples' fancy everywhere, but leads them to his own mind, and pulls up the thorns, and then puts the seed in, and does not answer at once in all cases to the questions put to him.

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#83. Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.

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#84. There is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.

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#85. Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears.

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#86. Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of God.

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#87. When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.

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#88. Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.

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#89. It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

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#90. The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks.

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#91. It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.

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#92. An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.

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#93. No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.

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#94. God asks little, but He gives much.

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#95. A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part.

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#96. What shepherd feeds his sheep with his own blood? But Christ feeds us with His own Blood and in all things unites us to Himself.

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#97. Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us.

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#98. God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?

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#99. Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

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#100. Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation.

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