No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.

How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest thou be the friend of Christ?

My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.

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.

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

Such as every man is inwardly so he judgeth outwardly.

Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.