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.

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.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.

Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself it makes what is heavy light; and bears evenly all that is uneven.

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

Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.