“One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.”

“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.”

“Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.”

“Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.”

“I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard”

“I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.”

“Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.”