Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.

To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

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

On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more closely about him, and pushes on more vigorously toward his destined home.

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.