Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all virtues; for the way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God.

Self-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.

Ah, if you knew what peace there is in an accepted sorrow!

We must forget ourselves and all self-interest, and listen, and be attentive to God.

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!

Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all virtues; for the way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God.