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.

Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God ... Whoever does or busies himself with anything without prayer does not succeed in the end. Concerning this, the Lord said: "Without Me you can't do anything". (John 15:5)

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.

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.

Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

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