How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.

Don't make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.

all the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.

You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.

Obedience shows whether you are grateful.

Heaven is along the way.

From self-knowledge flows the stream of humility, which never seizes on mere report, nor takes offense at anything, but bears every insult, every loss of consolation, and every sorry, from whatever direction they may come, patiently, with joy.