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.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.

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.

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways.

What shepherd feeds his sheep with his own blood? But Christ feeds us with His own Blood and in all things unites us to Himself.