Lies are usually caused by an undue fear of men.

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.

I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

Who lacks confidence speaks lies more readily.

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

Find a day for yourself-better yet, late at night. Go to the forest or to the field, or lock yourself in a room ... You will meet solitude there. There you will be able to listen attentively to the noise of the wind first, to birds singing, to see wonderful nature and to notice yourself in it ... and to come back to harmonic connection with the world and its Creator.