A young man had become possessed by a devil. The thing within him burst into loud lamentation and departed from the man. At once the youth's eye fell out on his cheek, and the whole of the pupil which had been black became white.

The arrogance is not greatness but swelling; and the swelling seems big but it's not healthy.

Whoever is still seeking for miracles so that he may believe is himself a wonder, who does not believe while the world around him does.

Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.

The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins.

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.