Make peace with yourself, and both heaven and earth will make peace with you.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

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

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

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God.

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

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 heart.

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 who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

That word, confidence, was like butter on a hot stove for Darien, what he considered the most attractive quality in a woman.

I don't care for moon to be on my side, I already have his Master.

Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!

A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.

Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.

And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt

This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end.

The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.

Ah, books." Ziegler, smiling, came up behind me. "They bob like corks on an ocean. Float between worlds, messages in bottles.

They don't know I'm staring, what does it matter if I keep on doing it?