"Let none of your possessions detain you, no solicitude for your family affairs, since this land which you inhabit, shut in on all sides by the seas and surrounded by the mountain peaks, is too narrow …"

"The Lord Himself will lead you."

"Remember that you were born of noble blood, and do not degenerate from the valor of your ancestors, but remember their deeds."

"Enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulcher; wrest that land from the wicked race, and subject it to yourselves."

"Let those who have been fighting against their brothers and relatives now fight in a proper way against the barbarians."