May not be your peace in the mouth of the men; since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.

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

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

May not be your peace in the mouth of the men; since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.

Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who desire His suffering. All want to rejoice with him, but few are willing to suffer for Him. He writes; there are many who admire his miracles, but there are few who follow in the humiliation of the cross.

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

Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.