As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God.
Isaac of NinevehThe man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.
Isaac of NinevehThe soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in in the world, they do not attain peace until they draw nigh to hope in God.
Isaac of NinevehIf zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father?
Isaac of NinevehHumility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God
Isaac of Nineveh