It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.

There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.

A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.