Saint Basil Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Saint Basil quotes and sayings page 2 (saint). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 35 we have.
“First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.”
“Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.”
“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”
“The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.”
“By nature, men desire the beautiful.”
“What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness.”
“Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.”
“Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.”
“We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.”
“Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.”
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