If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.

Gross and subtle, pure and mixed, simple and complex - in the end that there is no place where God is not. In every atom, He alone is present. From the ant to the universe, He spreads. The Lord who cares equally for all, the compassionate one who is all knowledge, tenderness, skill, holiness and beauty - He stands on all sides everywhere.

In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.

If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches.

The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.