Saint John Chrysostom Quotes (5 Quotes)

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

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

If you say, 'Would there were no wine' because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, 'Would there were no steel,' because of the murderers, 'Would there were no night,' because of the thieves, 'Would there were no light,' because of the informers, and 'Would there were no women,' because of adultery.

I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.

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