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

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

Whoever does not fight the one who despises him, neither in word not in thought, has received true knowledge and demonstrates a firm trust in God.

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.

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.

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

God values deeds according to their intentions. For it is said, "The Lord grant unto you according to your heart" (Ps. 19:5) ... Therefore, whoever wants to do something but can't is considered as having done it by God, who sees the intentions of our hearts. This applies to both good and evil deeds alike.