Establish yourself in God and then you will be helpful to others.

Every success in anything we should refer to the Lord and with the Prophet say: 'Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory' (Ps. 113:9).

Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved.

Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.

That I am a monk and you are a layman is of no importance ... rather that we are both in the light of the Holy Spirit ... Acquire peace, and thousands around you will be saved.

Maintain a spirit of peace and you will save a thousand souls.

The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.

The human spirit lies open to God alone, for it is a fathomless depth.

...it is up to us to add labors to labors in order to go from strength to strength (Ps. 83:7), and to come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13)?

Are you living in the moment?

Bedtime is daytime, and we come into bloom after midnight.

On his misfit globe he has outlasted the mammoth and the pterodactyl, but he has never got the upper hand of bacteria and the insects.

In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.

An illustrational form tells you through the intelligence immediately what the form is about, whereas a non-illustrational form works first upon sensation and then slowly leaks back into the fact.

It's a pretty big shadow. It gives me lots of room to spread myself.

Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time for them to act as if they're losing their marbles.

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.

I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

No life is great that does not point to Christ.