God will not be outdone in generosity.

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

But some most worthless persons are in the habit of carrying about the name of Jesus Christ in wicked guile, while yet they practice things unworthy of God, and hold opinions contrary to the doctrine of Christ, to their own destruction, and that of those who give credit to them, whom you must avoid as ye would wild beasts.

Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.