God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

All consolation that does not come from God is but desolation; when the soul has learned to receive no comfort but in God only, it has passed beyond the reach of desolation.

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

O my God, how true it is that we may have of Thy gifts and yet may be full of ourselves!

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

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

In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that it may be sooner over. On the contrary, you should accustom yourself to do whatever you have to do with tranquility, in order that you may retain the possession of yourself and of settled peace.