No man is safe above but he that will gladly be beneath.

O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune cast it down.

Study to do another's will rather than thine own. Choose ever to have less rather than more. Seek ever the lower place and to be subject to all; ever wish and pray that the will of God may be perfectly done in thee and in all. Behold such a man enters the bounds of peace and calm.

Habit is overcome by habit.

Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has many failings which must be borned with by others.