One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons

Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.

My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.

No man is without his load of trouble.

Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.

It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.

And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.