Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time.

...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will.

It is impossible to exist without passion

If you want to be loathsome to God, just run with the herd.

In order to learn true humility (I use this expression to describe the state of mind under discussion), it is good for a person to withdraw from the turmoil of the world (we see that Christ withdrew when the people wanted to proclaim him king as well as when he had to walk the thorny path), for in life either the depressing or the elevating impression is too dominant for a true balance to come about. Here, of course, individuality is very decisive.

The reign of the tyrant ends with his death, and the reign of the martyr starts with it.

My sorrow is my castle.