The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more, then, does it exalt itself when it has that support?

Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.

The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our spiritual deformities and beauties. And there too we discover the progress we are making and how far we are from perfection.

Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.

There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.