Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.

If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ.

And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.

Carefully avoid in yourself those things which distrub you in others.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.