For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
Even though one has wealth and abundance of possessions, yet what profit has he from them when he has lost himself? Treasures profit not the wicked, but the fashion of this world passes away; and like clouds those pleasures recede, and riches fly away from those that possess them. But righteousness delivers from death. Commentary on Luke, Homily
