Saint Ambrose
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When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whate... SAINT AMBROSE It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard agains... SAINT AMBROSE The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril. SAINT AMBROSE Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my li... SAINT AMBROSE Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that th... SAINT AMBROSE Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns. SAINT AMBROSE In some causes silence is dangerous. SAINT AMBROSE God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especi... SAINT AMBROSE Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body... SAINT AMBROSE It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well. SAINT AMBROSE One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wron... SAINT AMBROSE God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide ... SAINT AMBROSE God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and th... SAINT AMBROSE There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience. SAINT AMBROSE No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good. SAINT AMBROSE A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand. SAINT AMBROSE Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also. SAINT AMBROSE When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere. SAINT AMBROSE Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast red... SAINT AMBROSE A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,... SAINT AMBROSE It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are r... SAINT AMBROSE Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too ... SAINT AMBROSE God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he... SAINT AMBROSE It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostl... SAINT AMBROSE When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I
do not fast. So likewise you, what... SAINT AMBROSE When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday: when I am at Milan I do
not. Do the same. Follow the cu... SAINT AMBROSE If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere
live as they live elsewhere.
[La... SAINT AMBROSE Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy... SAINT AMBROSE When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. SAINT AMBROSE A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison ... SAINT AMBROSE Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. A... SAINT AMBROSE When in Rome, live as the Romans do: when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere. SAINT AMBROSE Perhaps you say, Why are the wicked joyous? Why do they live in luxury? Why do they not toil with me... SAINT AMBROSE OF MILAN Farewell, my children; remain always in the fear of the Lord. That temptation and tribulation which... 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SAINT IGNATIUS It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as ... SAINT IGNATIUS Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of w... SAINT IGNATIUS In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingra... SAINT IGNATIUS Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the impe... SAINT IGNATIUS Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought n... SAINT IGNATIUS Teach us to give and not to count the cost. SAINT IGNATIUS In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the ju... SAINT IGNATIUS May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him! SAINT IGNATIUS True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor. SAINT IGNATIUS May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help. SAINT IGNATIUS For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Je... SAINT IGNATIUS If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and ... SAINT IGNATIUS SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BERNARD SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL SAINT BASIL It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey. 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SAINT IGNATIUS SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT BERNARD Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meani... SAINT IGNATIUS SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT BASIL SAINT JEROME SAINT JEROME SAINT BARTHOLOMEW SAINT BASIL SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep... SAINT IGNATIUS SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT BERNARD SAINT STEPHEN SAINT STEPHEN In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out cl... SAINT IGNATIUS SAINT PATRICK SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT BASIL SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE SAINT BASIL SAINT AUGUSTINE
Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt. 
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if th... 
How wild it was, to let it be. 
Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. 
Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not. 
Thy sum of duty let two words contain,
(O may they graven in thy heart remain!)
Be humble and ... 
Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a
goose-pen, no matter. 
Let thy Child's first Lesson be Obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt 
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. 
Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute ... 
Thou has heard the words of Christ. . . . 
When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. 
Grace thou thy House, and let not that grace thee. 
Let thy body be thy holy temple. 
Let thy life be thy gracious treasure. 
Let thy holy temple be thy body. 
Let there be gall enough in thy ink; though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. -Twelfth Night.... 
Hast thou ice that thou shalt bind it
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire. 
I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. 
Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hea... 
Let not thy heart cling to the things which for so short a time deck out thy life. Let him who has, ... 
As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts s... 
Easter Almighty and everlasting God, Who hast preserved me by Thy fatherly care through all the ... 
In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors; if thou despairest of suc... 
Thy treasures of gold 
If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
B... 
On action alone be thy interest,
Hail to thee, far above the rest
In joy of voice and pinion!
Thou, linnet! in thy green array... 
Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first... 
It would be easy to abuse a person when they never recognized it as abuse. 
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. 
Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... 
Concluding a short series on authenticity: Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: W... 
Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... 
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. 
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. 
To be, or not to be, that is the question. 
Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado. 
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,
Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till... 
Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily 
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not... 
The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked. 
I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worth... 
I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble... 
Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not. 
For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment ... 
Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What do... 
Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinar... 
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enqu... 
Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control ov... 
Custom is second nature. 
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. 
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.] 
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. 
Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true. 
You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-p... 
We cannot both preach and administer financial matters. 