It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.
Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.
If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.