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Slander is worse than cannibalism.
Saint John Chrysostom
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Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy Scriptures.
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Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?
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Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor.
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We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church.
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Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.
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As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
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Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.
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Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears.
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I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.
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Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?
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Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.
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What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.
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Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.
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What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and torment in the company of the demons. Do not, therefore, adorn the church and ignore your afflicted brother, for he is the most precious temple of all.
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