Quotes from St. John Chrysostom
I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.
- St. John Chrysostom
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.
- St. John Chrysostom
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.
- St. John Chrysostom
The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.
- St. John Chrysostom
Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.
- St. John Chrysostom
And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature.
- St. John Chrysostom
There is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.
- St. John Chrysostom
A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.
- St. John Chrysostom
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
- St. John Chrysostom
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force.
- St. John Chrysostom
This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.
- St. John Chrysostom
Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.
- St. John Chrysostom