It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.