Mold the young…
What is nobler than to mold the character of the young? I consider that he who knows how to form the youthful mind is truly greater than all painters, sculptors and all others of that sort.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Why we fast…
If, then, the Cross has its foundation in love and is our glory, we must not say we mourn because of the Cross. Far from it. What we have to mourn over is our own sinfulness, and that is why we fast.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
The Holy Scriptures…
Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the Holy Scriptures must necessarily sin, since they walk in the deepest darkness.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Pharmacy of the spirit…
The church, you see, is a pharmacy of the spirit, and those who come here ought to acquire some appropriate remedies, apply them to their own complaints, and go off the better for it.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Good works…
For the man who is kindly, modest, merciful and just will not keep his good works to himself but will see to it that these admirable fountains send out their streams for the good of others.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Imagine your anger…
Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don’t tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
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