The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.

Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining the desires of our heart, when God so wills it, is not worse than to receive it; for we know not as He does, what is profitable to us.

Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.

The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.

When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.