He who commends the nature of the soul as the supreme good, and condemns the nature of the flesh as evil, at once both carnally desires the soul, and carnally flies the flesh, because he feels thus from human vanity, not from divine truth.

Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator.

In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.

What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.

Without God, man cannot, and without man, God will not.