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.

Except he be willing, man cannot believe.

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

I have said before, and I shall say again, that I write this book for love of your love.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

God will not suffer man to have a knowledge of things to come for if he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless and if understanding of his adversity, he would be despairing and senseless

If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. Not that there are no other precepts to give, but if humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.