Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
