The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.

If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.

May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.