Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every burden light.

Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.

The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace.

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

Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.

A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you?" If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.

I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.