Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.

God asks little, but He gives much.

You can call happy those who saw Him... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy.

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation.

If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall.

Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.