Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.

He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

This entire most beautiful order of good things is going to pass away after its measure has been exhausted; for both morning and evening were made in them.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

God is not a deceiver, that He should offer to support us, and then, when we lean upon Him, should slip away from us.

Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him.

I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.