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.

...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.

...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.

The thief who received the kingdom of heaven, though not as the reward of virtue, is a true witness to the fact that salvation is ours through the grace and mercy of God.

Without our ancestors we would not be.

You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.

I think Donald Trump is a bigot and a misogynist.

Love is at once more animal than friendship and more divine.

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.

Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it meant to live.We don't know how to live,therefore we don't know how to die

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

I ate her cooking for eighteen years," he whispered. "You get used to it." "Oh yeah, when?" "I think it happened around the seventeenth year," Henry said.

I'm not necessarily happy being single. It's not really that cool.

There is no room for play in Islam... It is deadly serious about everything.