The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school.

My God! my time is in Thine hands. Should it please Thee to lengthen my life, and complete, as Thou hast begun, the work of blanching my locks, grant me grace to wear them as a crown of unsullied honor.

God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.

It is self-love and its offspring self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as if in a delicious dream, to hell.

My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.