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

For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

From the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding.

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.

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.