How many lessons there are and how little they are taken

The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

Poverty is the worst form of death.

Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.