True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into life. THus men practice mutual deception on each other and fall asleep in wicked indifference.

God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.

The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.

The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.