SO GOOD QUOTES

The havoc caused by angry and wrathful passions is undeniable. What adds to the grievance is that once we’ve separated, the power to reconcile is lost. We wait for others to take the initiative. Each is ashamed, reluctant to return and mend the broken ties. It’s like not hesitating to sever a limb but feeling ashamed to reattach it.

If you’ve committed wrongs and caused the quarrel, you should be the first to seek reconciliation. If the other person is at fault, you should still initiate reconciliation. Anger and false pride are like illnesses, and you, being in good health, should act as the physician to the sick. Physicians don’t refrain from visiting the sick; instead, they go when the patient can’t come to them.

Let’s not consider ill designs against us as grievous. As long as we avoid ill designs against ourselves, no one will have the power to harm us. People may plot against us, but they won’t harm us; in fact, they may benefit us greatly. Ultimately, it’s within our control whether we suffer harm or not. I boldly declare that a Christian, on this earth, is impervious to harm from any human being. Not even the Evil Spirit, the tyrant, the Devil, can harm a Christian unless the individual harms themselves. Whatever anyone attempts against a Christian is in vain. Just as no human could harm an angel on earth, one human cannot harm another.

—St. John Chrysostom