Except he be willing, man cannot believe.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

Why is it that man desires to be made sad, beholding doleful and tragical things, which yet himself would by no means suffer?

Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; shield your joyous ones; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.