Love the sinner and hate the sin.

Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one's flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity. Enter again into yourself.

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars and they pass by themselves without wondering.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child? Who would not choose to die?

Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit, you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger.

Hell was made for the inquisitive.

That death is not to be judged an evil which is the end of a good life; for death becomes evil only by the retribution which follows it.

For what is the self complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.