The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Though defensive violence will always be ‘a sad necessity’ in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.
Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.
What can be hoped for which is not believed?
Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man.
The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons; chiefly do they torment freshly-baptized Christians, yea, even the guiltless new-born infants.
A marriage without children is the world without the sun.
The world’s verdict is conclusive.
If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.
Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest, being in league with the devil, they may deceive errant souls into making common cause.
God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.
He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.
Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.
He who labours, prays.
Then assuredly the world was made, not in time, but simultaneously with time.
Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.