You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility. And how great soever a mass of building one may wish and design to place above it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper does he dig his foundation.

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

One never errs more safely than when one errs by too much loving the truth.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

The playthings of our elders are called business.

Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.