Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.

However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.

Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will and desires, for these are the corrupt forces that dwell within, and keep you from living free.

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.

The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.

The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.