To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.

Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.

God has not chosen to save us without crosses; as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.

The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.