Miscellanea

God bids us to do what we cannot, that we may know what we ought to seek from Him.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also …

Never stop reflecting on that maxim of the apostle, ‘Knowledge puffs up, love builds up.’

Let no man, then, pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation to it.

Though joy overcomes sorrow, yet it does not put an end to it, for it does not divest us of humanity.

When a certain rhetorician was asked what was the chief rule in eloquence, he replied, ‘Delivery’; what was the second rule, ‘Delivery’; what was the third rule, …

Prefer even vicious people to be cured rather than condemned …. If you want to quarrel with your enemy, quarrel first with your own heart. Quarrel, I tell you. Quarrel …

Why art thou proud, O man? God for thee became low. Thou wouldst perhaps be ashamed to imitate a lowly man; then at least imitate the lowly God.

But the rewards of the Lord cannot be before your eyes unless your sins are before your eyes. Let not delight in past sin be before your eyes, but let the condemnation of …

Singing belongs to one who loves.