I am too young and I've loved you too much.

If the people around you are spiteful and callous and will not hear you, fall down before them and beg their forgiveness; for in truth you are to blame for their not wanting to hear you.

...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best.

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.

To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.

Speak of a wolf and you see his tail!

Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.