Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor.

And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth? is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain thee?

Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him...Let me, then, confess what I know about myself, and confess too what I do not know, because what I know of myself I know only because you shed light on me, and what I do not know I shall remain ignorant about until my darkness becomes like bright noon before your face.

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.