He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.

Every sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall not be heard.

Do not try to decide a difficult matter by means of disputing, but that which is enjoined by the spiritual law, namely patience, prayer, and thoughtful hope.

Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the same thing again.

Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.

God tested Abraham. That is, he sent him afflictions for his benefit, not so that he could find out what sort of man he was, for God knows everything, but so that He give him the means to perfect his faith.