If you are truly merciful, then when what is yours is unjustly taken, don't be sad inside, and do not tell of our loss to your neighbor. Let a better….

A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as ….

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths..

God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments..

The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord..

The Commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the earth. Whoever has acquired them has received God within himself..

When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't doubt the truth of that which you ….

Above anything, welcome silence, for it brings fruits that no tongue can speak of, neither can it be explained..

If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him..

The soul that loves God has its rest in God and in God alone. In all the paths that men walk in in the world, they do not attain peace until they dra….

There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is not man who will not endure a bitter time, when he must drink t….

As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God..

If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to b….

Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be o….

If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure..

Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a harvest..

The man with a heart cannot think about or see creatures without his eyes filling up with tears because of the immense compassion which seizes his he….

In all things that you find in the Holy Scriptures, seek out the purpose of the words, that you may enter into the depth of the thoughts of the saint….

Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to….

The Lord bears all the weaknesses of men, but He does not bear a man who is always murmuring, and does not leave Him without chastisement..

There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which dries up when it doesn't rain. But there is a love t….