Faithfulness in little things is a big thing.

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.

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.

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

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.