John Chrysostom Quotes

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

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

The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life. - John Chrysostom

The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others. - John Chrysostom

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. - Saint John Chrysostom

Slander is worse than cannibalism. - John Chrysostom

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is. - John Chrysostom

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

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