Quote by St. John Chrysostom ~ Passions to money and vainglory

   If we were not passionately inclined to money or to vainglory, then we would not fear death or poverty. We would not know enmity or hatred, and we would not suffer from the sorrows of ourselves or others.

  (St. John Chrysostom, To those at Enemity, 3.19)



Source:

http://orthodox.cn/patristics/300sayings_en.htm