Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul's welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.

I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.

God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.

Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.

Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love.

For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.

Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!