Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.

He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest

My child, it will be better for you if you accept my decisions without complaint. Do not ask me to defend my actions or to explain why one person is favored and another seems slighted. The answers to these questions go far beyond your comprehension.

He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God. But he who still delighteth in sin, no marvel if he is afraid of death and judgment.

All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.

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.