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I have read a couple of quotes which I really liked in the last couple of days and I wanted to share them.  The first is from St. John Chrysostom.  I stumbled across this quote while reading,  Women and Men in the Early Church:  The Full Views of St. John Chrysostom by David C. Ford.  It’s a good book.  And in case you were wondering, St. John is most definitely not a misogynist.  Here’s the quote:

Of a mild man and beautiful in soul nobody would be afraid; on the contrary, we all respect, honor and venerate him.  Do you not see how the man who causes terror is also an object of hatred and abhorrence to us all?

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