True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.

True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.

Love me, love my dog.

Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.

Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.

Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.

Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.