All truth and understanding is a result of a divine light which is God Himself.

There never can have been, and never can be, and there never shall be any sin without pride.

Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven;' and again, 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it; ' no one becomes a member of Christ except it be either by baptism in Christ, or death for Christ.

What is more insane than to be partakers of the Sacraments of the Lord and not partakers of the words of the Lord? These men truly have to say: "In Thy Name we have eaten and drunk," and they will have to hear: "I do not know you!" (Luke 13:26-27). They eat and drink His Body and Blood in the Sacrament and do not recognize in the Gospel His members spread over the whole world, and for this reason they are not numbered among them at the Judgment.

If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.