All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.

He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.

The Lord looks on his servants with pity and not with blame. In God's sight we do not fall; in our sight, we do not stand. Both of these are true, but the deeper insight belongs to God.

He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.

Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.

Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.

The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.