Quotes from St. Jerome

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

Begin now to be what you will be hereafter.

The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for a theologians to swim in without ever touching the bottom St. Jerome

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.

For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth.

Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.

We must love Christ and always seek Christ's embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.

Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life