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.

It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.

As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.

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.

When you have been insulted, cursed, or persecuted by someone, do not think of what has happened to you, but of what will come from it, and you will see that your insulter has become the cause of many benefits to you, not only in this age, but in that which is to come.

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

If someone puts his trust in God in a matter, let him not argue with his brother about it.