Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face.

Where there is darkness, let there be light.

A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.

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

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.