Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?

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.

You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.