Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.

I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.

Give, expecting nothing there of.

Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.

I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.