We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.

Dost thou wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to thy neighbor.

Only those who do not fight are never wounded.

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.

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.

Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger.

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