Ambrose quotes - page 3

It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous. (Ambrose)
In some causes silence is dangerous. View quote
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Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward show. View quote
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It is not the ambassador, it is not the messenger, but the Lord Himself that saveth His people. The Lord remaineth alone, for no man can be partner with God in forgiving sins; this office belongs solely to Christ, who taketh away the sins of the world. View quote
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Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant. View quote
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As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of God and our own conscience. View quote
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We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask it, we shall not find it is owing to ignorance, but to wisdom. For it was not to our advantage to know; in order that we being ignorant of the actual moments of judgment to come, might ever be as it were on guard, and set on the watch-tower of virtue, and so avoid the habits of sin; lest the day of the Lord should come upon us in the midst of our wickedness. View quote
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We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors? View quote
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... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the hearts of men, bore witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as was given to us; and He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith' (Acts 15:8-9). In which is to be considered, that as Christ is the Cornerstone, Who joined together both peoples into one, so, too, the Holy Spirit made no distinction between the hearts of each people, but united them. View quote
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Dice have their laws, which the courts of justice cannot undo. View quote
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When in Rome, live in the Roman way. (Ambrose)
When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do: whatever church you may come to, conform to its custom, if you would avoid either receiving or giving offense. View quote
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