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

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.

Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?