You may know God, but not comprehend Him.

Above all be much in secret prayer and meditation. By this you will fetch the heavenly fire that must kindle your sacrifice: remember you cannot decline and neglect your duty to your own hurt alone, many will be losers by it as well as you.

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.

Is it but right that our hearts should be on God, when the heart of God is so much on us.

Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others

It is not a terrible thing to a wretched soul, when it shall lie roaring perpetually in the flames of hell, and the God of mercy himself shall laugh at them; when...God shall mock them instead of relieving them; when none in heaven or earth can help them but God, and he shall rejoice over them in their calamity

A holy and heavenly life is a continual pain to the consciences of sinners around you and continually solicits them to change their course.