Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.

The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail.

Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse; whether we stumble or whether we fall, we must only think of rising again and going on in our course.

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.

There is never any peace for those who resist God.

All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.

God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.