We should throw the Epistle of James out of this school.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

I have done nothing; the Word has done and accomplished everything.... I let the Word do its work!

There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.

Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.

The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing.

The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to them. Hungry hearts appreciate Christ. Thirsty souls are what Christ wants. He invites them: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Christ's benefits are so precious that He will dispense them only to those who need them and really desire them.