If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.

If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.

If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.

Listen to others' advice and deliberate yourself. Only fools acts thoughtlessly, without consideration!

The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess.

The acme of faith is... immersion of the mind in God.

From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki

Love enters only one gates - the spiritual heart opened towards! And then the reciprocal wave of love arises in it, streaming outside. In that way love lives and grows.

Love takes nothing: how can it take something? Everything belongs to it. It does not say, "This is mine! And this is mine!" But it says: "This is yours!"

The acme of love is to enhance your friendly attitude to those who insult and revile you.

And "withdrawal from the world" is nothing but the destruction of passions and manifestation of the innermost life in Christ.

In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.

Indignation is often the best defense.

The progress of women's rights in our culture, unlike other types of 'progress,' has always been strangely reversible.

You know," Kirk said finally, breaking the silence. "I see it. He is pretty hot.

Stand tall, smile bright, and let 'em wonder what secret's making you laugh.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the result of that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration.

Be quick to make decisions, but slow to give up.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.