Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

No more restless uncertainties, no more anxious desires, no more impatience at the place we are in; for it is God who has placed us there, and who holds us in his arms. Can we be unsafe where he has placed us?

How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else; it is the pearl of great price.

There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things; it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we consider those things of little importance which have in fact such extensive consequences.

True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

There is never any peace for those who resist God.