Some excellent quotes and sayings of Saint Ambrose of Milan (Father and Doctor of the Church).
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
Feed him who is dying of hunger; if you have not fed him you have killed him. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
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. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
True repentance is to cease from sin. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
In some causes silence is dangerous. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
The Church of the Lord is built upon the rock of the apostles among so many dangers in the world; it therefore remains unmoved. The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the elements of this world constantly beat upon the Church with crashing sounds, the Church possesses the safest harbor of salvation for all in distress. There is a stream which flows down on God's saints like a torrent. There is also a rushing river giving joy to the heart that is at peace and makes for peace. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
God by nature is uncompounded, joined to nothing, composed of nothing, to whom nothing happens by accident; but only possessing in His own nature that which is divine, enclosing all things, Himself closed out of nothing, penetrating all things, Himself never penetrable, everywhere complete, everywhere present at the same time, whether in heaven or on earth or in the depths of the sea, incapable of being seen or measured by our senses, to be followed only by faith and venerated in our religion. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
We must preserve the distinction between the deity and the flesh. The Son of God is described as one in both natures because both natures are in the same person. Although the same person speaks, He does not always speak in the same way, for as God He speaks divine things and as man the things which are human. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
What is evil unless it is the absence of good? ~St. Ambrose of Milan
The Devil tempts that he may ruin and destroy; God tests that He may crown. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
There is no time of life past learning something. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
He took what is mine in order that He might impart to me what is His. He took it not to overturn it but to fill it. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal. ~St. Ambrose of Milan
