Hey, friend! So, you’re in the mood for some Saint Basil quotes – the good stuff, right? Well, get ready because we’re about to dive into a conversation that’s like unlocking the secrets of the universe with an ancient life coach.
Think of it as hanging out with Saint Basil in a chill café, swapping stories and dropping knowledge bombs. These Saint Basil Quotes aren’t just words; they’re like little nuggets of ancient wisdom, and we’re here for the full experience.
Imagine you and I, sitting across from Saint Basil, just chatting about life, faith, and everything in between. These quotes are our roadmap to navigating the intricacies of the human experience.
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Saint Basil Quotes
“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
“It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly.”
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”
“The person who has two coats when his neighbor has none is not a Christian.”
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“A penny in the hand is often worth a dollar in the heart.”
“The best way to acquire the possession of virtue is to engage in virtuous activities.”
“The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.”
“The bread that is spoiled belongs to the poor. The garment that is moth-eaten belongs to the naked.”
“Riches exist not in having things, but in having things that we desire not to exchange.”
“Hope is a great supporter of zeal.”
“A good disposition is more valuable than gold; for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.”
“Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.”
“Realize that you may gain much more by losing something than by preserving it.”
“When someone steals another’s clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
“The person who loves wealth is not less greedy for wealth than the person who loves pleasure.”
“Riches, the enjoyment of which is confined to the present, do not greatly differ from those riches which are the objects of our hope.”
“He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.”
“Money is like fire; if it falls into the hands of an imprudent person, it proves a source of mischief. As fire consumes wood, so money, if not used properly, consumes the life of its possessor.”
“Do not say, ‘What great things the saints do,’ but, ‘What great things God does in His saints.'”
“If someone who is poor speaks, they are ignored; but if a rich person speaks, they are listened to. Do you not realize that it is human to err, and that those who are wise are subject to error?”
“The best method of acquiring wisdom is not by reading books, but by studying people.”
“Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account, you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.”
“He who overcomes his anger, overcomes his greatest enemy.”
“It is not enough to give to the needy; one must also give cheerfully.”
“When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous to you. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness.”
“It is better to be happy in a state of ignorance than to suffer like a doctor.”
“God does not demand that we be successful. He demands that we be faithful.”
Saint Basil the Great Quotes
“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked. The shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot. The money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor.”
“Do not say, ‘What is the use of giving? What does it profit me?’ The very smallest of your good deeds is profitable. Do not consider the quantity, but the quality of the deed.”
“The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”
“It is a sign of a perverse spirit to irrationally believe that all things are under our control, but the most irrational thing of all is to despair of God’s providence.”
“The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money which you put into the bank belongs to the poor. You do wrong to everyone you could help but fail to help.”
“When someone steals another’s clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
“A rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.”
“The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the coat that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.”
“God does not ask for golden vessels. He does not need our wealth, since He Himself has more than all things. He asks for a good disposition from us.”
“The only thing we have that we can give to God is the free-will offering of our own life.”
“The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”
“The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and he who has food is to do likewise.”
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked. The shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot. The money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor.”
“Do not say, ‘What is the use of giving? What does it profit me?’ The very smallest of your good deeds is profitable. Do not consider the quantity, but the quality of the deed.”
“The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”
“It is a sign of a perverse spirit to irrationally believe that all things are under our control, but the most irrational thing of all is to despair of God’s providence.”
“The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money which you put into the bank belongs to the poor. You do wrong to everyone you could help but fail to help.”
“When someone steals another’s clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
“A rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.”
“The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the coat that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.”
“God does not ask for golden vessels. He does not need our wealth, since He Himself has more than all things. He asks for a good disposition from us.”
“The only thing we have that we can give to God is the free-will offering of our own life.”
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”
“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
St Basil Quotes
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of the person who is naked. The shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot. The money you keep locked away is the money of the poor.”
“A rich man is not one who has much, but one who gives much.”
“The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.”
“Do not say, ‘This happened by chance, while this came to be of itself.’ In all that exists, there is nothing disorderly, indefinite, without purpose, and nothing by chance. How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them.”
“He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
“Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when you repent.”
“It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.”
“The only hope of salvation from the deluge of sins is the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“The bread of the rich is the price of the poor.”
“I know the laws of nature, I know the nature of man, but I do not know the benefit of death.”
“God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because He is always ready to give to us His light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one; but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down towards darkness.”
“A good deed in the midst of suffering is of no small account.”
“The human body is a mirror of the soul, and the soul’s mirror is the Word, in which, as in a mirror, the soul can behold its own face.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injustice.”
“If you see your neighbor sinning, take care not to dwell exclusively on his faults. Try to think of the many good things he has done and continues to do, and if you dwell on these, you may well be filled with sorrow and at the same time comforted.”
“Do not say that you have recessed from the world unless you have sent a fire before you and removed the sharp thorns.”
“The words of the Bible are like the honey of the bee. The bees that make honey do not destroy flowers. They fly from one blossom to another, gathering honey from different flowers, and although each flower loses something of its original beauty, yet the flowers are not destroyed.”
“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.”
“He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent or to examine himself so as to discover his own sins.”
“It is not enough to possess a good faith. One must also work it out.”
“He who does not learn through love, but through harshness and fear, resembles a fool who, because he sees his fields not bearing fruit, goes and strikes his servant and beats him, and does not try to teach him in any other way.”
“Give something, however small, to the one in need, for it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God if we have given what we could.”
“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread in your box belongs to the hungry; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
“The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and he who has food is to do likewise.”
“The sage man is he who always believes the Bible against any man’s opinion.”
“The bread that you store up belongs to the hungry; the coat that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold that you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.”
“As the sun knows not the feeble dawn, neither did I recognize the light in my heart for some time because my eyes were covered with the thick darkness of my worldly desires.”
“God is not pleased by gifts if the giver is at enmity with his brother.”
Basil the Great Quotes
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the money that you keep locked away is the money of the poor.”
“A rich man is not one who has much but one who gives much. For what he gives away remains his forever.”
“The person who helps the sick and the needy, knows God more than any theologian does.”
“God, to give you an idea of His might, has set before you all that is beautiful in creation, so that by appealing to the senses you may rise little by little to the things unseen.”
“Do not say, ‘This happened by chance, while this came to be of itself.’ In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance.”
“The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken, only a miracle can mend it.”
“It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.”
“He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent or to examine himself so as to discover his own sins.”
“The best way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.”
“You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.”
“A tree is watered by the root, and a Christian is sustained by humility.”
“Do not be misled by the fact that you are now in the world for this is just a training ground; the true homeland is elsewhere.”
“Hope is a great supporter of our lives. With it, we endure patiently all the sufferings of life, confidently await the good things to come, and with a heart full of joy, face all the storms of life.”
“To know oneself is the first achievement of knowledge, and the truest wisdom.”
“A kindly act is a great prayer.”
“The only hope of salvation from the delusions and the heresies, the innovations and the traps of the devil is prayer.”
“He who sows good seed shall surely reap a good harvest.”
“The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.”
“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.”
“The sun is a great gift of God to the world, so also are children gifts to their parents.”
“Realize that you have within yourself certain capacities. Rise to the heights of your own powers. Create in yourself a life worthy of a Christian.”
“A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.”
“When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness.”
“Do not say, ‘Tomorrow I will be converted,’ for this is a foolish act. Say, ‘Today I will be converted, and tomorrow I will be saved.'”
“The person who has learned to triumph over the cares of this world, to despise its sorrows, to overcome its pleasures, is raised above the richest and most powerful men.”
“Just as the bird, confined in a cage, wants to fly, so does the soul, held back in the prison of the body, desire to escape.”
“The human person is a great and wondrous mystery. One finds in him a unique greatness that consists in the fact that he is ‘capable of God.’”
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