Pope Gregory I Inspirational Quotes (33)

Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.

Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels.

If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.

Out of the Roman States there is no country where I am Pope except the United States.

I have loved justice and hated inequity and therefore I die in exile. [Lat., Dilexi justitiam et odi iniquitatem, propterea morior in exilio.]

If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.

The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.