Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

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.

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

Do not try to decide a difficult matter by means of disputing, but that which is enjoined by the spiritual law, namely patience, prayer, and thoughtful hope.

Whoever with fear of God corrects and directs a sinner gains virtue for himself, that of opposition to sin. But whoever insults a sinner with rancor and without good will falls, according to a spiritual law, into the same passion with the sinner.

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.

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