If you bear the cross gladly, it will bear you.

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.

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.

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

Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.

Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.

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