Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.

Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.

In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don't insist on your rights, don't blame each other, don't judge or condemn each other, don't find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts.

And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved.

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.