125. A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. - Evagrius Ponticus

101. Just as bread is nourishment for the body and virtue for the soul, so is spiritual prayer nourishment for the intelligence.

60. If you are a theologian, you truly pray. If you truly pray, you are a theologian.

There was a time when evilness did not exist, and there will be a time when it will no more exist, whereas there was no time when virtue did not exist, and there will be no time when it will not exist. For the germs of virtue are impossible to destroy.