Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions.

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

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

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

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men, and diligently examine your own weaknesses.

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?