The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

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

Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.