Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied.
Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.
The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross.
It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace – not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.
Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.
Habit is overcome by habit.
A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.
When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.
If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike.
If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.
Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God’s sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.