He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

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

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

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

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.

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.

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.