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

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross.

It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.

If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to your ruin.