"The story is told that someone once asked a wise man where he could be sure to find God. The wise man told his questi…"

"I would say that the desert deserves to be called a temple of our God without walls. Since it is clear that God dwell…"

"You show how strong in you is the love of solitary places, since the strongest human love must yield to it. What shal…"

"I am convinced that God, in foreknowledge of the future, prepared the desert for the saints to come. I believe he wan…"

"From the dwelling places in the desert, the road lies always open to our true homeland. Let those who desire “to see …"

"Did not he also live in the desert who was greater than any man born of woman, he who was a voice crying in the deser…"

"The cell in the desert truly deserves to be called the ark of strength, the seat of faith, the tabernacle of charity,…"

"It is right for a holy man aflame with divine passion to leave his own home and choose the desert as his dwelling. It…"

"Who can number adequately all the benefits of the desert and the advantages for virtue enjoyed by those who live ther…"

"In former times it was customary for illustrious men, after wearing themselves out in business affairs, to turn to ph…"