Because He moves against faults, God is said to be angered, although He is moved by no disturbance of equanimity.

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.

Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things.

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

If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow.

You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly.