Be content with doing calmly the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us. It is to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, and to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.