There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.
To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen.
The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.