God without us will not as we without God cannot.
Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent.
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.
Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.