Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?

. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.

If, in order to succeed in an enterprise, I were obliged to choose between fifty deer commanded by a lion, and fifty lions commanded by a deer, I should consider myself more certain of success with the first group than with the second.

You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.

The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.

The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.