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.

Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain.

Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into the opposite passion to the virtue for which you boast, for man does not accomplish virtue alone, but with the help of God who sees all.

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

Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of those who oppose you. For those who listen to such speech later reap the fruits of their evil intention.

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

Whoever has a spiritual gift and compassionate toward one who does not have it guards his gift through his compassion. But whoever is proud of his gift loses it through self-opinion.