A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.

Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel's) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.