SO GOOD QUOTES

Think about the troubles and anxieties of this life when it comes to a wife and children. [Instead of focusing solely on serving God], do you prefer all of these other distractions instead?Would you have me speak of the domestic cares of wife, and children and servant? It is an evil thing to wed a very poor wife, or a very rich one, for the former is injurious to the husband’s means, the latter to his authority and independence. It is a grievous thing to have children, still more grievous not to have any; for in the latter case marriage has been to no purpose, in the former a bitter bondage has to be undergone.

ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, ON REPENTANCE & DEFEATING DESPAIR
Letters to Theodore