The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue.
I just never get into trouble. It's not my thing.
He preaches well that lives well – that's all the divinity I can understand.
...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has virtue sufficiently supported by material resources to facilitate participation in the actions that virtue calls for.
While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven... I will observe that... no man who is profligate in his morals... can possibly be a true Christian.
A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver.
I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.
Purity of life is the highest and truest art.
The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.
A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life.
We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.
