Top 30 Quotes by Saint Ambrose

About Saint Ambrose

These are some quotes by Italian author Saint Ambrose Saint, who lived between 339 and 397.

The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.

The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.

Saint Ambrose

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

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

Saint Ambrose

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.

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

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

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

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

Saint Ambrose

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

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

Saint Ambrose

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.

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

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.

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

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

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

Saint Ambrose

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