If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.

Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!

It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.