Quotes from Ambrose

It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.

The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature.

The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown.

As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God.

If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.

May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary

It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.

Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.

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.

Love is like a shadow, one can only catch it by falling into it.

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.

It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is the Church. And where the Church, no death is there, but life eternal.

Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.

There is no time of life past learning something.

If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it always, that my sins may always be forgiven me.

When in Rome, live as the Romans do. When elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.

Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law.