Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.

Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.

Death is the gate of life.

Love me, love my dog.

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

The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.

A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.