Saint Ambrose Quotes

Italian - Saint 339 - 397

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years. Saint Ambrose

Love, Good, Fear, God, Humility, Parents

God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy. Saint Ambrose

Strength, Good, God, Heart, Light, Soul

Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also. Saint Ambrose

Heart, Man, Treasure, Where, His, Also

God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast. Saint Ambrose

Life, Kindness, God, Beast, Far Away

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound. Saint Ambrose

Gift, Think, You, Back, Earth, Debt

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand. Saint Ambrose

Kindness, Hand, Should, Returned, Freer

It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well. Saint Ambrose

Wish, Enough, Well, Must, Just, Also

It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate. Saint Ambrose

Gold, Better, Church, Need, Without, Aid

In some causes silence is dangerous. Saint Ambrose

Silence, Dangerous, Some, Causes

One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy. Saint Ambrose

Mind, Wrong, Right, Weak, Clearly, Own

No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good. Saint Ambrose

Good, God, Alone, Divine, Therefore

It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous. Saint Ambrose

Safety, Living, Strive, First, Own

When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere. Saint Ambrose

Live, Rome, Romans, Elsewhere

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection. Saint Ambrose

Love, God, Alone, Art, Soul, Thoughts

Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show. Saint Ambrose

Faith, Time, Soul, Thoughts, World, Body

Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways. Saint Ambrose

I Am, Me, Forget, Blood, Will, Strive

God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all. Saint Ambrose

God, Food, Universe, Earth, Property

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse. Saint Ambrose

Anger, Door, Voice, Mouth, Back, Need

Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all. Saint Ambrose

Nature, Soul, Treat, Christian, Earth

Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud. Saint Ambrose

Words, River, Grow, Talking, Back, Run

When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal. Saint Ambrose

Church, Saturday, You, Fast, Want, Rome

O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in soul, I may be accounted worthy to approach the Holy of holies. Saint Ambrose

Father, Soul, Me, Body, Worthy, May

A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the two, one with the other; but nothing is recognized by Christians as virtuous or useful which is not helpful to the future life. Saint Ambrose

Life, Future, Nothing, Duty, Comparison

Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things. Saint Ambrose

God, Knowledge, Light, Sun, Nothing

The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church. Saint Ambrose

Church, Above, Emperor

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's. Saint Ambrose

God, Things, Render, Caesar

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