Home › Authors › John Climacus
John Climacus Quotes
579–649 Syria
John Climacus (Greek: Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος; Latin: Ioannes Climacus), also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th-century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai. He is revered as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
Also known as: Johannes Climacus, John Sinaites, John of the Ladder, Saint Johannes Climacus, Saint John Climacus, Saint John Sinaites
Random John Climacus quote
11 quotes
Even if glory is God-given, yet it is excellent to divert it from oneself with the shield of humility.
Drive away with the hand of humility every transitory joy, as being unworthy of it, lest by readily admitting it you receive a wolf instead of a shepherd.
Baptism is the washing away of evils that were in us before, but sins committed after baptism are washed away by tears.
A monk is one who is conditioned by virtues as others are by pleasures.
Obedience is the tomb of the will and the resurrection of humility.
The beginning of love of money is the pretext of almsgiving, and the end of it is hatred of the poor. So long as he is collecting he is charitable, but when the money is in hand he tightens his hold.
He whose will and desire in conversation is to establish his own opinion, even though what he says is true, should recognize that he is sick with the devil's disease.
Constantly wrestle with your thought, and whenever it wanders call it back to you
I will not be silent about something which it is not right to leave in silence lest I should inhumanly keep to myself what ought to be made known.
A monastery is an earthly heaven.
The man who associates with people of the world or approaches them after his renunciation will certainly either fall into their traps or will defile his heart by thinking about them; or if he is not defiled himself yet by condemning those who are defiled, he too will himself be defiled.
Topics John Climacus is quoted on