One must seek fervently and with zeal to obtain perfection

One must know that there is always (forever) work to be done to obtain a higher degree of perfection

Charity is the bound of perfection

The absence of cupidity is the height of perferction

Cupidity is the root of all troubles


Obstacles to perfection

Sens of touch / countered by fastings, vigils, abstinence, manulal labor...
Sense of taste/ countered by fastings and temperance in food and drinks...
Sense of vision / countered by modesty in looks( the eyes are the door of the soul)...
Sense of smell / countered by avoiding unecessary perfuming oneself...
Sense of earing / countered by staying away from profane discourse and speaking of other peoples faults...

Ways that should be used to obtain perfection includes, spiritual reading, prayers, meditation, contemplation, remembering the omnipresence of God, confession, examination of conscience, reception of the eucharist