127 Quotes by Saint Basil

Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.

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.

If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there.

They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.

A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible amongst us.

The Christian ought not to say anything behind his brother’s back with the object of calumniating him, for this is slander, even if what is said is true. He ought to turn away from the brother who speaks evil against him?

All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord’s decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace of Baptism.

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one’s emotions, and of failure to repress the soul’s frivolity by a stern use of reason.

It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God’s sight.