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.

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

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.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

No man is without his load of trouble.

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does his present life become to him; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption.

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