Follow the saints, because those who follow them will become saints.

We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let others applaud our good deeds.

This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake and which we will enjoy.

Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust

Let us teach the young in the school of the fear of the Lord.

If any one say that he has seen a just man in want of bread, I answer that it was in some place where there was no other just man.

The real wants of nature are the measure of enjoyments, as the foot is the measure of the shoe. We can call only the want of what is necessary poverty.

He who is chaste in flesh should not be proud, for he should know that he owes the gift of continence to another.

A companion is but another self; wherefore it is an argument that a man is wicked if he keep company with the wicked.

I’m building a castle of soundtracks. So that one day I’ll tell the ones I care for, I fought for my rights to dream and making them come true

Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace.

…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.

Enlightenment is nothing but to experience your own mind. The experience of the self too is experiencing the intrinsic nature of the mind.

I always secretly looked forward to nothing going as planned. That way, I wasn't limited by my imagination. That way, anything can, and always did, happen.

Don't ever allow any of your circumstances to push you into believing that you aren't as important as everyone else.

I always think you've just got to move on. If you keep wallowing in the thing that you've done for a while you get a bit stale.

The way of the cross is the way of suffering. Christians are called to die, not kill, in order to show the world how they are loved by Christ.

I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.

Follow your passion. Help people along the way. Work very very hard and always come prepared.