Saint John Chrysostom
Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.Collection: Prayer
If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.Collection: Doors
Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [ Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.Collection: Love
There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.Collection: Christian
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.Collection: Gratitude
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.Collection: Silence
We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.Collection: Men
The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.Collection: Light
When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.Collection: Children
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.Collection: Mean
When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.Collection: Men
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.Collection: Animal
When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.Collection: Believe
Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.Collection: Why Not
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.'Collection: Abortion
It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.Collection: Blessed
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.Collection: Inspirational
The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.Collection: Men
Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.Collection: Forgiveness
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.Collection: Inspirational
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve and who weep, be merciful, humble, kind, calm, patient, sympathetic, forgiving, reverent, truthful and pious, so that God might accept your fasting and might plentifully grant you the fruits of repentance.Collection: Spiritual
Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.Collection: Christianity
A comprehended god is no god.Collection: Atheist
Only those who do not fight are never wounded.Collection: Fighting
No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.Collection: Christian
Slander is worse than cannibalism.Collection: Criticism
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.Collection: Christian
The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.Collection: Prayer
Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?Collection: Wish
Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.Collection: Prayer
Every man is the painter and the sculptor of his own life.Collection: Men
Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.Collection: Mother
Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the deadCollection: Work
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.Collection: Faith
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.Collection: Prayer
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.Collection: Mean
Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.Collection: Evil
No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and torment in the company of the demons. Do not, therefore, adorn the church and ignore your afflicted brother, for he is the most precious temple of all.Collection: Brother
The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.Collection: Mother
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.Collection: Caring
Wine was given us by God, not that we might be drunken, but that we might be sober. It is the best medicine when it has the best moderation to direct it. Wine was given to restore the body's weakness, not to overturn the soul's strength.Collection: Food
What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?Collection: Education
If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles you would make yourself debtor to Him, while by suffering He may become debtor to you. And even if sufferings had no other reward than being able to bear something for that God who loves you, is not this a great reward and a sufficient remuneration? Whoever loves, understands what I say.Collection: Love You
Therefore, not only are their passions satanic, but their lives are diabolic. So I say to you that these are even worse than murderers, and that it would be better to die than to live in such dishonor. A murderer only separates the soul from the body, whereas these destroy the soul inside the body..... There is nothing, absolutely nothing more mad or damaging than this perversity.Collection: Passion
Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts.Collection: Joy
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.Collection: Faith
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt.Collection: Prayer
Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor.Collection: Brother
Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.Collection: Should Have
This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.Collection: Wise