Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way.

We cannot with all our heart forgive someone who does us wrong unless we possess real knowledge. For this knowledge shows us that we deserve all we experience.

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.

One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.

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

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

Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.