Repentance means feeling remorse in the heart, asking for forgiveness with the tongue, giving up sin with the limbs, and firmly resolving never to return to that sin.
The person who is a slave to habits does not attain high ranks.
The most incapable of people is the one who has the power to remove shortcomings from himself, yet does not do so.
One whose two days are equal is defrauded, and one whose tomorrow is worse than today is troubled. Whoever does not examine the flaws within themselves remains perpetually in loss, and for one constantly in loss, death is better.
No misfortune is greater than underestimating your wrongdoing and remaining content with the state you are in.