Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not an exemption from, suffering.

Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul.

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

I believe that we are conforming to the divine order and the will of Providence when we are doing even indifferent things that belong to our condition.

O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.