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“Diogenes compared them to fig-trees growing over precipices; for their fruit was devoured by daws and crows, not by men.”
Galen (129–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Galen, on Diogenes's views on the ignorant rich, in Exhortation to Study the Arts, Wakefield (1796), p. 217; cf. Stobaeus, iv. 31b. 48.
“Most of those who are ignorant of the proper method for entering mountains will meet with misfortune and mishap”.”
Ge Hong (284–364) said by 364 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(To the Roman emperor) Why do you want to lose this crowd with the worship of gods? Learn about God, Creator of the world, and His only Son Jesus Christ, who freed humanity from hell with the cross!”
Catherine of Alexandria (282–305) said by 305 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἐν τούτῳ νίκα, [transliterated: en toutoi nika]”
Constantine the Great (272–337) said by 337 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Pambo said: “If you have a heart you can be saved.”
Pambo (350–375) said by 375 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba John of the Thebaid said, 'First of all the monk must gain humility; for it is the first commandment of the Lord who said: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."' (Matt. 5.3)”
John of Egypt (305–394) said by 394 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They call it "friendship" and "peace," and further "harmony" and "unanimity": for these are all cohesive and unificatory of opposites and dissimilars. Hence they also call it "marriage." And there are also three ages in life.”
Iamblichus (245–325) said by 325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“2. If someone should want to behold the state of his mind, let him deprive himself of all mental representations, and then he shall behold himself resembling sapphire or the colour of heaven. It is impossible to accomplish this without impassibility, for he will need God to collaborate with him and breathe into him the connatural light.”
Evagrius Ponticus (345–399) said by 399 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A brother asked Abba Serapion: “Tell me a saying.” The elder said: “What can I say to you? That you took the goods of widows and orphans and set them in this embrasure?”—for he saw that it was full of books.”
Serapion of Thmuis (300–370) said by 370 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Christ's] character is twofold: like the head of the body in that he is regarded as God and yet comparable to the feet in that he put on humanity for the sake of our salvation, a man of passions like ours.”
Eusebius of Caesarea (265–340) said by 340 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Denn eine bekümmerte Seele ist Gott nahe, und Not führt zu dem, der geben und helfen kann, der aber wohl verachtet würde, wenn er immer und uneingeschränkt hülfe." - Reden”
Gregor von Nazianz (329–390) said by 390 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ecce furens post bella deus, post proelia victor victus amore venit.”
Reposianus (250–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Hilarion from Palestine visited Abba Antony at the mountain and Abba Antony said to him: “Welcome, star of the morning, rising at dawn.” “Peace be with you, pillar of light supporting the world,” said Abba Hilarion to him.”
Hilarion (291–372) said by 372 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gerechtigkeit gibt jedem das Seine, maßt sich nichts Fremdes an und setzt den eigenen Vorteil zurück, wo es gilt, das Wohl des Ganzen zu wahren." - De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)”
Ambrosius von Mailand (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of Alexandria, the writer of the story of Leucippe and Cleitophon and other love stories in eight books. He became at last a Christian and a bishop. He wrote On the [Heavenly] Sphere, Etymologies, and Historical Miscellany, which mentions many great and admirable men. His style in all of these works is similar to [his style in] the love stories.”
Achilles Tatius (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Macarius said to Abba Zachariah: “Tell me, what is the task of the monk?” “You are asking me, father?” he said, and Abba Macarius said: “I have full confidence in you, Zachariah my son, for there is somebody inciting me to ask you.” Abba Zachariah said to him: “In my opinion, to constrain oneself in all things: that is being the monk.”
Zachariah the Recluse (301–399) said by 399 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The divine Nature feels no pain. ... although He underwent the sufferings in all the fullness of their force, which necessarily causes pain to the sufferers, yet He never so abandoned the powers of His Nature as to feel pain.”
Hilary of Poitiers (315–367) said by 367 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His accedunt altis sufflata fastigiis templa, inter quae eminet Serapeum, quod licet minuatur exilitate verborum, atriis tamen columnariis amplissimis et spirantibus signorum figmentis et reliqua operum multitudine ita est exornatum, ut post Capitolium, quo se venerabilis Roma in aeternum attollit, nihil orbis terrarum ambitiosius cernat.”
Ammianus Marcellinus (330–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cantet, amat quod quisque: levant et carmina curas.”
Nemesianus (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A brother visited Abba Moses at Scete asking him for a saying. The elder said to him: “Go and stay in a cell; your cell will teach you everything.”
Moses the Black (320–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source