Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit. . . . No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

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?

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.