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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.
- “We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they should be thus fed, while God has honoured us with rational speech and a sense of equity.
- “[On what young husbands should say to their wives:] I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is nothing, and my most ardent dream is to spend it with you in such a way that we may be assured of not being separated in the life reserved for us...
- “Helping a person in need is good in itself. But the degree of goodness is hugely affected by the attitude with which it is done. If you show resentment because you are helping the person out of a reluctant sense of duty, then the person may recieve your help but may feel awkward and embarrassed.
- “If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.”
- “So let the name of the saints enter our homes through the naming of our children, to train not only the child but the father, when he reflects that he is the father of John or Elijah or James; for, if the name be given with forethought to pay honor to those that have departed, and we grasp at our kinship with the righteous rather than with our forebears, this too will greatly help us and our children.
- “No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.”
- “Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when you repent. Pay attention to what the devil did to you.
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O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it...
A bright, cheerful, gentle soul; a sensitive heart, a temperament open to emotion and impulse; and all this elevated, refined, transformed by the touch of heaven,—such was St. John Chrysostom; winn...
Find inspirational and thought-provoking quotes by John Chrysostom, a fourth-century Christian clergyman and theologian. Browse topics such as slander, riches, hell, reason, sin, and more.
John Chrysostom. A collection of quotes and sayings by John Chrysostom on love, prayer, priesthood, eucharist, marriage, writings, thoughts, lose, wealth, enemy, reason, hell and life.
2 days ago · Learn from the wisdom and preaching of St. John Chrysostom, a Doctor of the Church and a Doctor of the Poor. Read 11 quotes or listen to 10 hours of his homilies on various topics.
