Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no more highly when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, foolish, and to be despised; since what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more.

It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Water is the mirror of nature.

Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily. To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.