It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!

God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to perform through us, He selected me- for God always chooses the weak and the absurd, and those who count for nothing.

The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.