Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.

Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.

A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.

We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.