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Saint Basil Quote: “Everyone looks for the good, therefore everyone looks for God.”

51. “Everyone looks for the good, therefore everyone looks for God.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.”

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

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “If you see your neighbor in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partialy judging, you will find that he is better than you.”

53. “If you see your neighbor in sin, don’t look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partialy judging, you will find that he is better than you.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “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.”

54. “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.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal? But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we sure that this was not his time? We do not know how to pick and choose what is good for our souls, or how to fix the limits of the life of man.”

55. “What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal? But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we sure that this was not his time? We do not know how to pick and choose what is good for our souls, or how to fix the limits of the life of man.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.”

56. “No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Do not, as is usually the case, thrust the care of the common weal upon your neighbor; then, as each one in his own thoughts makes light of the matter, all find to their surprise that they have drawn upon themselves by their neglect a personal misfortune.”

57. “Do not, as is usually the case, thrust the care of the common weal upon your neighbor; then, as each one in his own thoughts makes light of the matter, all find to their surprise that they have drawn upon themselves by their neglect a personal misfortune.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator.”

58. “Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.”

59. “We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God.”

60. “We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “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?”

61. “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?”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.”

62. “He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.”

63. “We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.”

64. “Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.”

65. “Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.”

66. “Truly unexpected tidings make both ears tingle.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of the teachers that his life was worthy of his words.”

67. “I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of the teachers that his life was worthy of his words.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them.”

68. “If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them.”

— Saint Basil

Saint Basil Quote: “Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time was spent in his education, and knows nothing about letters at all.”

69. “Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time was spent in his education, and knows nothing about letters at all.”

— Saint Basil

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