Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
St. JeromeRead
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses a sense of pride in being recognized for one's beliefs, even if it leads to opposition from society.
St. Jerome's quote reflects the idea that being deemed worthy of hatred by the world can be a badge of honor for oneβs convictions and values. It highlights the notion that standing firm in one's beliefs, especially against mainstream opinion, is a courageous act that can lead to both conflict and personal integrity. Embracing such disdain from society can indicate a commitment to truth or higher ideals, suggesting that the critic's backlash can signify a profound truth in one's stance.
Themes
WorthinessHatredConvictionTruthCourage
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about standing up for one's beliefs in the face of adversity.
More from St. Jerome
All quotes βThe Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the strength of the Church depends upon them all alike, yet one among the twelve is chosen so that when a head has been appointed, there may be no occasion for schism.
St. JeromeRead
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
St. JeromeRead
Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.
St. JeromeRead
To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.
St. JeromeRead
Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.
St. JeromeRead
Similar quotes
Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it.
PlatoRead
I no longer wield the power of the office for the government of the church, but in the service of prayer I remain, so to speak, within St. Peter's bounds. St. Benedict, whose name I bear as pope, shall be a great example in this for me. He showed us the way to a life which, active or passive, belongs wholly to the work of God.
Pope Benedict XviRead
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.
Emile DurkheimRead
We musn't forget old people with their rotten bodies, old people who are so close to death, something that young people don't want to think about. We musn't forget that our bodies decline, friends die, everyone forgets about us, and the end is solitude. Nor must we forget that these old people were young once, that a lifespan is pathetically short, that one day you're twenty and the next day you're eighty.
Muriel BarberyRead
If this glorious birth to death hassle is the only hassle we are ever to have ..if our grand exhilarating fight of life is such a tragically short little scrap anyway,compared to the eons of rounds before and after-then why should one want to relinquish even a few precious seconds of it?
Ken KeseyRead
β¦gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white.
Kate BornsteinRead