A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.

Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.

He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment.

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.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.