When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for him with groans that cannot be uttered.

The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.

Ascend, my brothers, ascend eagerly. Let your hearts' resolve be to climb. Listen to the voice of the one who says: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of our God' (Isa. 2:3), Who makes our feet to be like the feet of the deer, 'Who sets us on the high places, that we may be triumphant on His road' (Hab. 3:19).

It is not the self -critical who reveals his humility ( for does not everyone have some how to put up with himself? ). Rather, it is the man who continues to love the person who has criticized him.

Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness.

The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.