No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant.

When the mind forgets the purpose of Christian life, then even the clear fulfillment of virtue becomes profitless.

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.

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.

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