Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.

Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.

I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.

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

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

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