Saintly words…
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
A friend is…
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Early impressions…
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Read pious books…
What need have you of seeking for a little gold in the midst of so much mire when you can read pious books in which you may find all gold without any mire?
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Spare the faith…
Whosoever you are who introduce new doctrines, I beseech you to spare the ears of Romans! Spare that faith which was commended by the voice of an Apostle. Why should you attempt to teach us, at the end of hundreds of years, that which we never heard before? Why bring forward what Peter and Paul did not will to make known? Until this day, the world was Christian without your doctrine. Thus, I hold as an old man onto that faith wherein I was regenerated as a boy.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Every good work…
Your actions, in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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