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John Chrysostom (Religious Figure)

The angels glorify; men scrutinize: angels raise their voices in praise; men in disputation: they conceal their faces with their wings; but man with a presumptuous gaze would look into Thine unspeakable Glory.

— John Chrysostom men

By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of Gods love toward us.

— John Chrysostom love

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

— John Chrysostom winter

Do you seek any further reward beyond that of having pleased God? In truth, you know not how great a good it is to please Him.

— John Chrysostom truth

Such is the way with sinners. Everything excites their suspicion; they quake at every shadow; they start at every noise; they look upon every man as an enemy.

— John Chrysostom art

God draws, but He draws the willing one.

— John Chrysostom god

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.

— John Chrysostom soul

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.

— John Chrysostom god

Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

— John Chrysostom prayer

Please listen to me, you are not paying attention. I am talking to you about the Holy Scriptures, and you are looking at the lamps and the people lighting them. It is very frivolous to be more interested in what the lamplighters are doing...After all, I am lighting a lamp too, the lamp of Gods Word.

— John Chrysostom god

Let us pass to the despotic part of the soul, spirit. We must not eliminate it utterly from the youth nor yet allowhim to use it all the time. Let us train boys from earliest childhood to be patient when they suffer wrongs themselves, but, if they see another being wronged, to sally forth courageously and aid the sufferer in fitting measure.

— John Chrysostom time

God, having placed good and evil in our power, has given us full freedom of choice; He does not keep back the unwilling, but embraces the willing.

— John Chrysostom god

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.

— John Chrysostom men

Let us not so much labor to know where hell is - as how to escape it.

— John Chrysostom hell

After the prophets, the false prophets; after the apostles, the false apostles; after Christ, anti-Christ.

— John Chrysostom christ

Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.

— John Chrysostom humility

The Judge will pass sentence, not according to what any other person has said concerning you, but according to what you have yourself spoken. They that are accused, then, have no fear, but they that accuse.

— John Chrysostom fear

A dreadful thing is the love of money! It disables both eyes and ears, and makes men worse to deal with than a wild beast, allowing a man to consider neither conscience nor friendship nor fellowship nor salvation.

— John Chrysostom love

Patience is the queen of virtues.

— John Chrysostom patience

Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life.

— John Chrysostom life

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.

— John Chrysostom death

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