He who knows himself knows god.

All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of life while praying.

It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.

It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works.

The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God.

We say that knowledge is not mere talk, but a certain divine knowledge, that light which is kindled in the soul as a result of obedience to the commandments, and which reveals all that is in a state of becoming, enables man to know himself and teaches him to become possessed of God.

Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called 'the Church.'