Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man.

It is better to feel repentance, than to be able to define it.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest

Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.

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