None can be so true to your secret as yourself.

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.

Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.