The most essential point is lowliness.

Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.

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

Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others.

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?

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

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.