People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than any other, and which includes all other things: the improvement of their soul

...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid

Suddenly I heard the words of Christ and understood them, and life and death ceased to seem to me evil, and instead of despair I experienced happiness and the joy of life undisturbed by death.

As often happens between men who have chosen different pursuits, each, while in argument justifying the other's activity, despised it in the depth of his heart.

I have learned what must be, and therefore have come to see the whole horror of what is.

I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.