Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by God's will.

When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God.

I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility.

Expect temptation to your last breath.

One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain.

Whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live, do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will be saved.

Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by God's will.