As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.

The beginning of evil is heedlessness.

Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the same about ours.

If you think little about yourself, you will have rest wherever you reside.

If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.

An old man said, We are not condemned because of our thoughts that enter us, but because we use our thoughts badly; our thoughts can cause us either to suffer shipwreck or to be crowned.

As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.