Temptations discover what you are.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?

My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.

A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses.

And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.