Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.

Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.

When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God.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.

For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.

I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.

Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.