It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.
Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore the less we need, the more we are on our way to them; the more we need, the more we sink down to this perishable life.
Let us not overlook so great a gain.
Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.
Labor: a powerful medicine.
If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.
What shepherd feeds his sheep with his own blood? But Christ feeds us with His own Blood and in all things unites us to Himself.
Thus abide constantly with the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that the heart swallows the Lord and the Lord the heart, and the two become one.
Glory be to God for all things!
It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.
God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?
Only those who do not fight are never wounded.
Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts.
In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.
That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches.
Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.
Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent.
An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.
Fasting of the body is food for the soul.
The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.