[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected and searched for will it be found and recognised as such and the most made of it. For example...] Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.

Lust hath these three companions: the first, blindness of understanding; the second, hardness of heart; the third, want of grace.

Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear remembrance of the Creator.

You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious listener, think of all these creations which God has drawn out of nothing; . . . recognize everywhere the wisdom of God; never cease to wonder, and, through every creature, to glorify the Creator.

I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of the teachers that his life was worthy of his words.

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.