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

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.

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

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.

It is only when one has lost all things, that one knows that one possesses it

A Godly mother's seed of faith yields a bounty of faithfulness.

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.

Even when it's midnight, people are watching you. It's difficult to be in the spotlight all the time.

An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand, it doesn't really mean anything. It's a moment in time.

Brains are an asset, if you hide them.

Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.

Your confidence grows as you get older, particularly when you're in a loving relationship. Everything strengthens.

I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.