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

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

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.

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

All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.

We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ.

Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.