Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer

Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

What do you possess if you possess not God?

Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Far be it from us to doubt that all number is known to Him 'Whose understanding is infinite' (Ps. 147:5). The infinity of number, though there be no numbering of infinite numbers, is yet not incomprehensible by Him Whose understanding is infinite. And thus, if everything which is comprehended is defined or made finite by the comprehension of him who knows it, then all infinity is in some ineffable way made finite to God, for it is comprehensible by His knowledge.

Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.