We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.

No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.

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.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it.

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.