A biography for Saint Ambrosehasn’t been written yet.
“Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.”
“It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.”
“The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.”
“Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.”
“Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.”
“No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.”
“A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.”
“O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in soul, I may be accounted worthy to approach the Holy of holies.”
“There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.”
“Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.”