He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

Do not follow any road, but that which Christ trod. This road seems hard, but it is safe.

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.

Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.

O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will as if it were my will, so that Thou mayest do my will as if it were Thy will.

Every city is a living body.

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