If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.

It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.

Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.

The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.

Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.

Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.