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.

The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil.

The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.

Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely.

One evil receives strength from another. In the same way, good deeds also sprout one from another, and the one in whom they are found grows larger.

Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.

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.