Genuine is the man himself, it is easier to count his hairs than the feelings and movements of the heart.
Believe so you can understand.
The will in us is always free, but not always good.
Time heals wounds.
Everyone wants to be holy, but not everyone can.
Human misfortunes arise from the fact that we enjoy what we ought to use and use what ought to delight us.
Everyone likes a wonderful horse, but no one wants to become a horse.
Whosoever, agrees to weep when in his right mind than to laugh when he is mad.
Anyone who knows his measure is wise, i.e. holy.
Whatever he understands to doubt, he understands this doubt as a kind of truth.
Let's listen to the other side as well.
If there is no evil, then the very fear of evil is evil.
The life of the speaker has more significance than any speech.
A bad man hurts himself before he hurts another.
Evil is also what man does and what he endures. The first is a sin, the second - a punishment. Man does the evil he wishes, and endures that which he does not wish.
What are we made of? From spirit and body. Which one is better? The spirit, of course.
Love and do what you want.
When men think of God whom they cannot understand, they are really thinking of themselves, and not of Him; they do not compare Him, but themselves, they do not want to know Him, but themselves.
When you are glorified, remember that it is not you who is glorified, but He who works through you.
Who hates the world? Those who tore up the truth.
You can drive away the love of the transient only by feeling the sweetness of the eternal.
People feel exactly as much suffering as is given to them.
Do not go out into the world, but return to yourself: inside man is the truth.
Don't use my books as canonical writings, but if, in the latter, you find something you didn't believe before, believe it. From my books do not hold firmly what you did not find worthy of belief before unless you understand that they are worthy of belief.
Do not make final judgments!
Flaws disappear, but the essence remains.
There is no happy life but that lived in philosophy.
No one is able to find God, but do not believe in advance what you will find out later.
Just as sometimes mercy punishes, so sometimes cruelty can spare.
Let them be angry with you who do not know with what efforts the truth is found and how hard it is to keep from error.