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“Now these things never happened, but always are. And mind sees all things at once, but reason (or speech) expresses some first and others after. Thus, as the myth is in accord with the cosmos, we for that reason keep a festival imitating the cosmos, for how could we attain higher order?”
Sallustius (400–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The story is told that someone once asked a wise man where he could be sure to find God. The wise man told his questioner to come along where he would lead him, and together they went into the solitude of the open desert. ‘Behold’, he said, ‘where God is’. God is more promptly believed to be there, since he is more easily found there.”
Eucherius of Lyon (380–449) said by 449 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Orthodox: You should accept no argument that is not fully supported by Scriptural testimony.”
Theodoret (393–466) said by 466 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eranistes of the Polymorph, Dialogue I, The Immutable. Note: The above is the corrected translation and arrangement between Eranistes and Orthodox as found in Migne, PL 83, cols. 46-48, in which the words of Eranistes a…
“Sed adhuc supersunt aliae superstitiones, quarum secreta pandenda sunt, ... ut et in istis profanis religionibus sciatis mortes esse hominum consecratas.”
Julius Firmicus Maternus (314–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De errore profanarum religionum, ch. 6, sec. 1. Translated by Clarence A. Forbes, The Error of the Pagan Religions (Newman Press, 1970) p. 54. Latin, without translation, in J. G. Frazer, The Golden Bough (1890) vol. 1,…
“As a bodily disease cannot be healed, if it be concealed, or praised, thus also, neither can a remedy be applied to a diseased soul, which is badly guarded and protected.”
Stobaeus (430–470) said by 470 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The light will not shame you, if it shows you your own ugliness, and that ugliness so offends you that you perceive the beauty of the light.”
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First Homily, as translated by John Burnaby (1955), p. 262
“This is that holy Church which is without spot or wrinkle. For many others have gathered together Churches, as Marcion, and Valentinus, and Ebion, and Manichæus, and Arius, and all the other heretics. ... But of this Church which keeps the faith of Christ entire, hear what the Holy Spirit says in the Canticles, "My dove is one; the perfect one of her mother is one.”
Tyrannius Rufinus (345–411) said by 411 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While the tongue through shame often pours not forth all its wickedness at once, the heart having no human witness, fearlessly gives birth to whatever evils it will.”
John Chrysostom (349–407) said by 407 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“È necessario, se si può, possedere i libri cristiani. Infatti il solo vedere la Bibbia ci rende più esitanti di fronte al peccato e ci da maggior vigore a compiere la giustizia.”
Epiphanius of Salamis (315–403) said by 403 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Epifanio di Salamina (it)
“Gott, der dich ohne dich erschaffen hat, kann dich nicht ohne dich retten." - Sermo CLXIX,13”
Augustinus von Hippo (354–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is no wonder that we, though distant, are present to each other and without having known each other we know each other, since we are members of a single body, we have a single head, we are inundated with a single grace, we live on a single bread, we walk on a single road, we live in the same house.”
Paulinus of Nola (354–431) said by 431 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The philosopher must be above all a free man, and not a slave of the passions.”
Nilus of Sinai (365–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My name is Onnophrius, and for sixty years I have lived in this solitary place and desert. I walk in the mountains like the wild beasts, and I live on the plants and trees, and I have not seen anyone I know.”
Onuphrius (320–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not mind if my cottage is rather small So long as there's room enough for bed and mat. Often and often the neighbours come to see me And with brave words discuss the things of old. Rare writings we read together and praise: Doubtful meanings we examine together and settle.”
Tao Yuanming (365–427) said by 427 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Die Wahrheit ist keine offen zutage liegende billige Sache, die man mit der linken Hand ergreifen könnte." - Dion Chrysostomos (orig. griechisch, 403 entstanden), übersetzt von Kurt Treu, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt 1959, Akademie Verlag Berlin, S. 35”
Synesios von Kyrene (370–413) said by 413 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wer den Frieden wünscht, bereite den Krieg vor." - Epitoma rei militaris, III, Vorwort”
Vegetius (400–450) said by 450 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we listen to those who like to record antiquities, we shall find them attributing this theorem to Pythagoras and saying that he sacrificed an ox on its discovery. For my part, though I marvel at those who first noted the truth of this theorem, I admire more the author of the Elements for the very lucid proof by which he made it fast.”
Proclus (412–485) said by 485 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The fifth century mathematician Proclus quoted in (Morrow 1970: 337). Morrow, Glenn R. Proclus, A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements: Translated, with Introduction and Notes. Princeton University Press, 1…
“A brother visited Abba Elijah who was living in hesychia at the coenobion of the cave of Abba Zabba and he said to him: “Abba, tell me a saying.” The elder said to the brother: “In the days of our fathers these three virtues were cherished: indifference to possessions, meekness, and continence. Now cupidity, gluttony, and arrogance hold monks in prey. Hold fast to which you will.”
Elias the Hermit (400–400) said by 400 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Isidore of Pelusium used to say: “A life without a word is more advantageous than a word without life; for the first, even in silence, is advantageous, while the second is a trouble-maker when it cries out, whereas if life and word run together they constitute the portrait of all philosophy.”
Isidore of Pelusium (370–440) said by 440 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must not only guard against the possession of money, but also must expel from our souls the desire for it. For we should not so much avoid the results of covetousness, as cut off by the roots all disposition towards it. For it will do no good not to possess money, if there exists in us the desire for getting it.”
John Cassian (360–435) said by 435 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nexuque pio longinqua revinxit.”
Claudian (370–404) said by 404 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Compare: Sir Edwin Arnold's version, in Potiphar's Wife, &c. (1895) p. 94
“Abba Mark said to Abba Arsenius: “Why do you run away from us?” The elder said to him: “God knows that I love you, but I cannot be with God and with people. The thousands and tens of thousands above have one will, but people have many wills, so I cannot forsake God and come among people.”
Arsenius the Great (354–449) said by 449 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source