Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.

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.

Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.

The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.

This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.