...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.

Whatever you may do for your brother, being hungry, and a stranger, and naked, not even the devil will be able to despoil, but it will be laid up in an inviolabe treasure.

Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay a new foundation every moment. Abba Pimen said, To throw yourself before God, not to measure your progress, to leave behind all self-will; these are the instruments for the work of the soul. The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.

It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God.

Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed.