Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.

Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you?" If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?