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Saint John Chrysostom Quotes: Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
         

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


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If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.



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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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.'

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.'



There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.



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

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



I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.





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