A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.
Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
One good deed is worth a thousand prayers.
Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise.