A passion which we allow to grow active within us through our own choi — Marcus Eremita

"Many of us feel remorse for our sins, yet we gladly accept their causes."

"Do not say: I do not know what is right, therefore I am not to blame when I fail to do it. For if you did all the good about which you do know, what you should do next would then become clear to you."

"Concern yourself with your own sins and not with those of your neighbor; then the workplace of your intellect will not be robbed."

"I have seen unlearned men who were truly humble, and they became wiser than the wise."

"Evils reinforce each other; so do virtues, thus encouraging us to still greater efforts."

"Prayer is called a virtue, but in reality it is the mother of the virtues: for it gives birth to them through union with Christ."