Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.
Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.
Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish.
No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.