Teach the mouth to say what you have in your heart.

As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.

An old man said, We are not condemned because of our thoughts that enter us, but because we use our thoughts badly; our thoughts can cause us either to suffer shipwreck or to be crowned.

Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart.

Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the same about ours.

If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.

The beginning of evil is heedlessness.

If you think little about yourself, you will have rest wherever you reside.

Will not God, who has commanded men to act thus, do as much himself and even more? For God commanded Peter to forgive till seventy times seven.

Commitment is Circumstances

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

I think Donald Trump simply needs to make himself look less bigoted, less dangerous, more comfortable to people.

All that kept her from breaking was that it was not an image of strength that was leaving her; she would be just as strong without him.

It doesn't matter how much money you've got, or how many connections, there's always something you want that's out of reach.

We simply do not catch a high enough percentage of users to make the law a real threat, although we do catch enough to seriously overburden our legal system.

You are what you are. Find a way to live with it.

I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.

The brain is not a bag of traits. It's startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind.