When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor.

A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.

Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind.

A proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself.

When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor.

Fight to escape from your own cleverness. If you do, then you will find salvation and uprightness through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.