If by faith you will reckon with the realities of this ruined world, remembering your Creator, you will taste the sweetness of life and will learn to rejoice in it…

The proof God uses that we are born from above is that we persevere in the faith.

God is the first cause of the saint's perseverance in the faith.

Fools do foolish things and cause harm, but the wise act wisely and cultivate grace.

The wise will understand and take to heart that wisdom is better, but that foolishness is weightier, and so the wise will guard wisdom and persevere under the sun.