As long as anything in this world means anything to you, your freedom is only a word. You are like a bird that is held by a leash; you can only fly so far.

The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done for God.

Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement.

The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail.

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

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