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.

Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of necessity will be our dreams.

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.

Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator.

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.

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.

If someone has repented once of a sin, and again does the same sin, this is a sign that he has not been cleansed of the causes of the sin, wherefrom, as from a root, the shoots spring forth again.