Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.
Pope Gregory IThe more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.
Pope Gregory IThe Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet.
Pope Gregory IWe must observe also, that among the heathen the names of poor men are more likely to be known than of rich. Now our Lord mentions the name of the poor, but not the name of the rich, because God knows and approves the humble, but not the proud.
Pope Gregory I