We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.
Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.
All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.
If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.
Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.