Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained.

As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God.

Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

The Commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the earth. Whoever has acquired them has received God within himself.

The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments.

Draw nigh to the righteous, and through them you will draw nigh to God. Communicate with those who possess humility, and you will learn morals from them. A man who follows one who loves God becomes rich in the mysteries of God; but he who follows an unrighteous and proud man gets far away from God, and will be hated by his friends.