Ambrose Quotes

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• The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown.

  Ambrose

  Devil, Crowns, May

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• No one heals himself by wounding another.

  Ambrose

  Hurt, Healing, Saint

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• Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the joy of grace. Throw wide the gate of your heart, stand before the sun of the everlasting light.

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  God, Faith, Religious

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• When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about peace, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking about Christ.

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  Life, God, Christian

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• Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

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  Spiritual, Prayer, Eye

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• Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

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  Faith, Inspiration, Evil

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• As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.

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  Men, Paradise, Scripture

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

  Ambrose

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Wish

  Saint Ambrose, Aeterna Press (2016). “On the Duties of the Clergy”, p.49, Aeterna Press

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• The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

  Ambrose

  Men, Giving, Doe

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• Love is like a shadow, one can only catch it by falling into it.

  Ambrose

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• If someone offends you, don't tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no attention whether they respond to your bow or not. You must humble yourself before everyone and consider yourself the worst of all. If we have not committed the sins that others have, perhaps this is because we did not have the opportunity - the situation and circumstances were different. In each person there is something good and something bad; we usually see only the vices in people and we see nothing that is good.

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  Humble, Humility, Opportunity

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• And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for "we speak to Him when we pray; we hear Him when we read the divine saying."

  Ambrose

  Prayer, Reading, Men

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• The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

  Ambrose

  Water, Baptism, Saint

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• If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt.

  Ambrose

  Men, Two, Shirts

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• Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life. Let us then bear our burdens as the Apostle has taught (cf. Gal. 6:2): for he spoke to those whom the charity of the same one body had embraced together. If friends in prosperity help friends, why do they not also in times of adversity offer their support? Let us aid by giving counsel, let us offer our best endeavors, let us sympathize with them with all our heart.

  Ambrose

  Christian, Adversity, Heart

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• When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger, there is also the greatest help from Him who wants to be called our 'Help' in times of peace and in times of tribulation.

  Ambrose

  Temptation, Want, Helping

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• In some causes silence is dangerous.

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  Silence, Causes, Dangerous

  "Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations". Book by Library of Congress, 1989.

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• What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.

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  Saint, Impossible, Difficult

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• The devil's snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the devil's bait.

  Ambrose

  Devil, Bait, Doe

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• May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary

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  Soul, May, Spirit

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• True repentance is to cease from sin.

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  Sin, Repentance, True Repentance

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 509, 1895.

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• Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.

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  Spiritual, Father, Heart

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• The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the elements of this world constantly batter and crash against her, she offers the safest harbor of salvation for all in distress.

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  Sea, Church, Foundation

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• It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Looks

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• We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.

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  Angel, Praying, Guardian

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