Ah, Lord God, thou holy lover of my soul, when thou comest into my heart, all that is within me shall rejoice.

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

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

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.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.

Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.