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

It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace--not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

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.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.