"Is it not true that the first teachers of humans from birth have been essentially women? Were they not the first to t…"

"Their architecture...[should] be simple so that the parishoners themselves could build them: the belfry should have a…"

"Their intellectual faculties were so poorly developed, that it seems as though they cannot feel the soul in themselve…"

"The collection of Tatar words and sayings we have accumulated is like a beggar's sack in which there are all kinds of…"

"Work done without conservation is vanity and fuss."

"Altai people! Altai people! Your squirrels have their burrows, but Christ has no place to lay his head."

"A monk doesn't need any property. He doesn't need any safe deposit boxes or purses. The poor and wretched, they are o…"

"Let us be mistrustful of our own feelings...stand firm, let us not be hypocritical in our faith and in our devotion t…"

"I would like you to be more diligent in noble music; it is an art that elevates the soul."

"Prayer is a fruit of love."