Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.

...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.

The bond between friends cannot be broken by chance; no interval of time or space can destroy it. Not even death itself can part true friends.

...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves.

The Doctor of our souls has placed the remedy in the hidden regions of the soul.

True knowledge is found only among those genuinely worshiping God.

No structure of virtue can possibly be raised in our soul unless, first, the foundations of true humility are laid in our heart.

A clear rule for self-control handed down by the Fathers is this: stop eating while still hungry and do not continue until you are satisfied.

It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through the air.

No other virtue makes man more equal to the angels, than the imitation of their way of life.

It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory through all the ages. Amen.

When there is too much sorrow in your heart, true compassion gets its ways out of it. Don’t make a will over your sorrow, nobody needs to inherit it!

I'm sorry to burden you, ' she said. She felt like a crybaby.'What can we do with our stories, ' he said, 'but tell them?

Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take all of Kuwait .

Grab this day by the neck and kiss it.

We don't have much time, so we don't teach them; we acquaint them with things that they can learn.

Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring.

In the ring I can tell right away what his style is and I can adapt to it. I'm adjusting to life as a politician. It's different in training but I can stay focused on both.

My first job. I got fired from this MTV prank show, or I didn't make the cut of what ended up being, as we all know, Boiling Points. It was my first professional job and I was bragging.

It's the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody's got to do it. And if you don't, who will?

So part of what being psychedelic means, I think, is relentlessly living with unanswered questions.