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.

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.

There are no regrets in life, only experiences. Every experience helps us to be what we can be.

I don't know what's worse, being ignored or stared at.

It is in our idleness in our dreams that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

I didn't tell him that what I was most scared of, most haunted by, was something I didn't understand and could never run away from. It was myself.

He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate this world.

Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.

Before long it will be the animals who do the dieting so that the ultimate consumer does not have to.

There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master.