Pope Leo I Quotes

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.

No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.

Those who are not good to others are bad to themselves.

A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for, unless faith be one, it is not the faith.

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.

The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord of Majesty.

The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.

Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.

He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.

By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified

Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time.

The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace.

A true worshipper is one whose mind has not been defiled with any false belief.

Each needs the other: capital cannot do without labor, nor labor without capital.

God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.