Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

Study to do another's will rather than thine own. Choose ever to have less rather than more. Seek ever the lower place and to be subject to all; ever wish and pray that the will of God may be perfectly done in thee and in all. Behold such a man enters the bounds of peace and calm.

Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more grievously. You are a man, not God. You are flesh, not an angel. How can you possibly expect to remain always in the same state of virtue when the angels in heaven and the first man in paradise failed to do so? I am He who rescues the afflicted and brings to My divinity those who know their own weakness.

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.

Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.