I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.

One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.

The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.

Words would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them.

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore the less we need, the more we are on our way to them; the more we need, the more we sink down to this perishable life.

Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.