[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.
...Omit nothing which can advance his work, and not blame others for the delay.
We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than from anything else.
Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.
The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.
Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.