Trust not to friends and kindred, neither do thou put off the care of thy soul’s welfare til hereafter; for men will sooner forget thee than thou art aware of.
Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back.
If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.
Too many instances there are of daring men, who by presuming to sound the deep things of religion, have cavilled and argued themselves out of all religion.
Wheresoever we seek our own, there we fall from love.
Restrain an inordinate desire for knowledge, in which is found much anxiety and deception. Learned men always wish to appear so, and desire recognition of their wisdom. But there are many matters, knowledge of which brings little or no advantage to the soul.
Carefully avoid in yourself those things which distrub you in others.
Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.
Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but like a living flame, a burning torch, it forces its way upward and passes unharmed through every obstacle.
Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.
For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.
Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.
I can take credit for only two things: pride and sin.
Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.
Temptations discover what you are.
Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.
Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
Oh, how quickly the world’s glory passes away.
What thou art, that thou art.
O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will.