Love makes everything that is heavy light.

Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.

If you can talk and it's convenient to talk, try to say things that edify.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.