When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him.

God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all, the salvation of all ~faithful and unfaithful, just and unjust, pious and impious, passionate and dispassionate, monks and laymen, wise and simple, healthy and sick, young and old just as the effusion of light, the sight of the sun, and the changes of the seasons are for all alike; 'for there is no respect of persons with God.'

The friend of silence comes close to God.

Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts.

As long as anger lives, it continues to be the fruitful parent of many unhappy children.

Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before you at the very moment of his death, pass no judgment, because the judgment of God is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes.

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