The rosary in the hand, repentance on the lips, and the heart full of sinful longings-sin itself laughs at our repentance!

What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

The rosary in the hand, repentance on the lips, and the heart full of sinful longings-sin itself laughs at our repentance!

To quit this troubled world is better than to enter it: the rosebud enters the garden with straitened heart and departs smiling.