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Millennium The night falls, heavy with the coming storm! Far out, the ocean frets against the bar, And the cloud-legions, gathering force and form Shut, with closed ranks, all gleam of moon or star. Tempestuous darkness! and unto the dawn, Long hours. Ah! Ina Coolbrith		Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
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I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts. Saint John Chrysostom

Quote Author: Saint John Chrysostom

	Saint John Chrysostom
	(c.345-407) Greek Father of the Church, patriarch of Constantinople.

Other Saint John Chrysostom Quotes

When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.

If you say, 'Would there were no wine' because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, 'Would there were no steel,' because of the murderers, 'Would there were no night,' because of the thieves, 'Would there were no light,' because of the informers, and 'Would there were no women,' because of adultery.

Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead.

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.