Ambrose Quotes

Roman theologian and Bishop of Milan (c. 340–397)

Saint Ambrose, Latin: Sanctus Ambrosius, "Ambrosius episcopus Mediolanensis"; Italian: Sant'Ambrogio; Lombard: Sant'Ambroeus) (c. 340 – 4 April 397), bishop of Milan (Mediolanum in Latin), was one of the most eminent bishops of the 4th century. Together with Augustine of Hippo, Jerome, and Gregory I, he is counted as one of the four doctors of the West of antique church history.

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Native Name: Ambrosius Mediolanensis

Alternative Names: St. Ambrosius • St. Ambrose • Saint, Bishop of Milan Ambrogio • Saint, Bishop of Milan Aurelius Ambrosius • Saint Ambrose • Saint, Bishop of Milan Ambrose • Saint, Bp. of Milan Ambrosius • Saint, Bishop of Milan Ambroise • Saint, Bishop of Milan Amvrosīĭ • Saint, Bishop of Milan Aurelio Ambrogio • Saint Ambrose Bishop of Milan • Ambrosius • St Ambrose

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The practice of perfect virtue does not require teaching, but instructs others.

Non in dialecticâ complacuit Deo salvum facere populum suum

And now let the feet of our minds be stretched out. The Lord Jesus wills also to wash our feet, for He says, not to Peter alone, but to each of the faithful: If I wash not your feet you will have no part with Me. [ John 13: 8 ]

if force is used, I cannot meet it. I shall be able to grieve, to weep, to groan; against weapons, soldiers, Goths, my tears are my weapons, for these are a priest's defence.

If, then, a good marriage is servitude, what is a bad one, when they cannot sanctify, but destroy one another? 70.

si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi
[if you should be in Rome, live in the Roman manner; if you should be elsewhere, live as they do there]

When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking of Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking of Christ.

if you can not calm your mind, check at least your tongue. For so it is written: Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips that they speak no guile. Seek peace and pursue it.

He sheds incorporeal grace on corporeal things;

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

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

Whether you eat or drink, all is to be done in the name of Jesus Christ, [ 1 Corinthians 10: 31 ] that even the very refreshment of the body is to have respect to the worship of holy religion.

Is anything more unbecoming than the divine words should be so drowned by talking, as not to be heard, believed, or made known, that the sacraments should be indistinctly heard through the sound of voices, that prayer should be hindered when offered for the salvation of all?

A noble thing, then, is modesty, which, though giving up its rights, seizing on nothing for itself, laying claim to nothing, and in some ways somewhat retiring within the sphere of its own powers, yet is rich in the sight of God, in Whose sight no man is rich. Rich is modesty, for it is the portion of God.

Joshua the son of Nun, who could stay the sun from setting, could not stay the love of money in man from creeping on.

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