Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.
Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.
Confidence is the illusion born of accidental success.
The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.
Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
Many deceive themselves, imagining they'll find happiness in change.
Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
O Lord, Thou knowest that which is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give what Thou wilt, how much Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt. Deal with me as thou thinkest best. Place me where Thou wilt, and deal with me in all things just as Thou wilt. Behold, I am Thy servant, prepared for all things: I desire not to live unto myself, but unto Thee; and oh, that I could do it worthily and perfectly!
The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good. Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth. It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders all bitterness sweet and acceptable.
Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.
Let temporal things serve thy use, but the eternal be the object of thy desire.
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.
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
Love makes everything that is heavy light.
The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of our own hearts. Let it be the most important thing we do, then, to reflect on the life of Jesus Christ.
Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and earth; because love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things.
We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.
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