True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.

There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.

My divine sign indicates the future to me.

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul.

The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.