A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
Trials teach us what we are.
The demon of pride was born with us; and it will not die one hour before us.
We are all men, feeble, frail, and apt to faint.
Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.
To wash and dress a corpse is a far different thing from making it alive: Man can do the one--God alone can do the other.