We may justly condemn ourselves as the greatest sinners we know because we know more of the folly of our own heart than we do of other people's.

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

The obedience of men is to imitate the obedience of angels, and rational beings on earth are to live unto God, as rational beings in heaven live unto Him.

The eyes of our souls only then begin to see when our bodily eyes are closing.

Nothing harms or destroys us but the wrong use of that liberty of choice which God has entrusted to us.

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.

God smiles when we praise and thank Him continually. Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise and appreciation from someone else. God loves it, too. An amazing thing happens when we offer praise and thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled with joy.