Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who desire His suffering. All want to rejoice with him, but few are willing to suffer for Him. He writes; there are many who admire his miracles, but there are few who follow in the humiliation of the cross.

If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.

For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

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.

When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.

Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.