"You Cannot Go Towards Holiness Without Passing Through Humanity"
The ignorant man clings to the dust until he becomes dust; the wise and prudent man clings to heaven until he reaches heaven. You will belong to the place to which you cling. Everything you think you possess in this world, in reality, it owns you. Whatever you think is under your dominion in this world, in reality, it is dominating you. All the things in this world which you seek to control make you a partner of the evil one. You exist in this world to give and serve, not to possess and command. Always distinguish between your desires and your needs. Man longs for many things he does not need, and needs many things he does not desire. Your wealth is measured by the lack of your needs, not by the plenitude of your possessions. On the Lord's way, if you stand back a step, the Devil makes you go back ten. However, if you advance one step, the Lord helps you advance a hundred. You cannot go toward holiness without passing through humanity. Things that happen in you are much more impor...