Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?

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.

Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.