Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love.

Do not say, "this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself." In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance ... How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how nothing, even the smallest thing, escapes the gaze of God?

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of the teachers that his life was worthy of his words.

Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.