Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the Creator is not overcome by the wickedness of his creatures.

Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to reap a harvest.

Why do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits.

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

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