To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb

It is better to die than to tell a lie

If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading I would spurn them all.

The great point is to renounce your own wisdom by simplicity of walk, and to be ready to give up the favor, esteem, and approbation of every one, whenever the path in which God leads you passes that way.

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.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others