Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

God has prohibited despair.

Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.

God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.

The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.

Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.