The spiteful tongue strikes a deadly blow at charity in all who hear him speak and, so far as it can, destroys root and branch, not only in the immediate hearers but also in all others to whom the slander, flying from lip to lip, is afterwards repeated.

We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!

If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.

Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.