Let us pray God that He would root out of our hearts every thing of our own planting, and set out there, with His own hands, the tree of life, bearing all manner of fruits.

Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart, and eradicates every virtue. Fly! wherefore dost thou linger? Fly, cast not one look behind thee; nor let even thy thought return to the accursed evil for a moment.

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

To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.