Quotes from Jerome

It is much better to take a little every day than some days to abstain wholly and on others to surfeit oneself.

if things which are good in themselves as being the handiwork of a good Creator are called vanity, it is because they are compared with things which are better still. For example, compared with a lamp, a lantern is good for nothing; compared with a star, a lamp does not shine at all; the brightest star pales before the moon; put the moon beside the sun, and it no longer looks bright; compare the sun with Christ, and it is darkness. " I am that I am, " God says; [ Exodus 3: 14 ]

There is no cruelty in regard for God's honour.

Knowledge, when it is of the right kind, is the handmaid to love, for without love knowledge puffs up

nothing is so displeasing to God as an impenitent heart. Impenitence is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.

Take Care not to have an itching tongue, nor tingling ears; neither attract others, nor listen to backbiters. [Letter to Nepotian]

They which run in a race run all, but one receives the crown. " But of us on the other hand it is said: " So run that you may obtain. " [ 1 Corinthians 9: 24 ] Our master of the games is not grudging; he does not give the palm to one and disgrace another. His wish is that all his athletes may alike win garlands.

The best advice I can give you is this. Church tradition - especially when they do not run counter to the Faith - are to be observed in the form in which previous generations have handed them down.

glory follows virtue as its shadow; and deserting those who seek it, it seeks those who despise it.

For as salt seasons all food and nothing is so pleasant as to please the palate without it: so the bishop is the seasoning of the whole world and of his own Church

As long as you are at home make your cell your paradise, gather there the varied fruits of scripture, let this be your favourite companion, and take its precepts to your heart.

Envy always follows in the track of virtue: as Horace says, it is ever the mountain top that is smitten by the lightning.