It Is Not He Who Begins Well

If Someone Has Repented Once Of A Sin, And Again Does The Same Sin, This Is A Sign That He Has Not Been Cleansed Of The Causes Of The Sin, Wherefrom, As From A Root, The Shoots Spring Forth Again.

We Need Not Only Read Sacred Scripture, But Learn It As Well And Grow Up In It. Realize That Nothing Is Written In Scripture Unnecessarily. Not To Read Sacred Scripture Is A Great Evil.

If You See Your Neighbor In Sin, Don't Look Only At This, But Also Think About What He Has Done Or Does That Is Good, And Infrequently Trying This In General, While Not Partialy Judging, You Will Find That He Is Better Than You.

In Truth, To Know Oneself Seems To Be The Hardest Of All Things. Not Only Our Eye, Which Observes External Objects, Does Not Use The Sense Of Sight Upon Itself, But Even Our Mind, Which Contemplates Intently Another's Sin, Is Slow In The Recognition Of Its Own Defects.

There Is Still Time For Endurance, Time For Patience, Time For Healing, Time For Change. Have You Slipped? Rise Up. Have You Sinned? Cease. Do Not Stand Among Sinners, But Leap Aside.