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

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.

God requires not the doing of the commandments for their own sake, but the correction of the soul, for whose sake He established the commandments.

Art fuels the fire inside me.

Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.

For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad so tender yet so true.

If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.

My swag is always capital and live in north Virginia.

The thing to do with money is to put it back into yourself, into your work, into the thing that is important, into whatever you are so much interested in that it is more important than money.

The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.

The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.