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For The Multitude Of Worldly Friends Profiteth Not, Nor May Strong Helpers Anything Avail, Nor Wise Counselors Give Profitable Counsel, Nor The Cunning Of Doctors Give Consolation, Nor Riches Deliver In Time Of Need, Nor A Secret Place To Defend, If Thou, Lord, Do Not Assist, Help, Comfort, Counsel, Inform, And Defend.

-Thomas A Kempis

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Thomas A Kempis

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For The Multitude Of Worldly Friends Profiteth Not, Nor May Strong Helpers Anything Avail, Nor Wise Counselors Give Profitable Counsel, Nor The Cunning Of Doctors Give Consolation, Nor Riches Deliver In Time Of Need, Nor A Secret Place To Defend, If Thou, Lord, Do Not Assist, Help, Comfort, Counsel, Inform, And Defend.

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The More Spiritual A Man Desires To Be, The More Bitter Does His Present Life Become To Him; Because He Sees More Clearly And Perceives More Sensibly The Defects Of Human Corruption.

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The Humble Live In Continuous Peace, While In The Hearts Of The Proud Are Envy And Frequent Anger.

God Deceiveth Thee Not.

How Seldom We Weigh Our Neighbor In The Same Balance With Ourselves.

Oh, How Quickly The World's Glory Passes Away.

Jesus Has Many Who Love The Kingdom Of God, But Few Who Bear A Cross. He Has Many Who Desire His Comfort, But Few Who Desire His Suffering. All Want To Rejoice With Him, But Few Are Willing To Suffer For Him. He Writes; There Are Many Who Admire His Miracles, But There Are Few Who Follow In The Humiliation Of The Cross.

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.

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.

Sweet Shall Be Your Rest If Your Heart Does Not Reproach You.

Be Thankful For The Smallest Blessing, And You Will Be Worthy To Receive Greater.

The Intention Which Is Fixed On God As Its Only End Will Keep People Steady In Their Purposes, And Deliver Them From Being The Joke And Scorn Of Fortune.

All Men Desire Peace, But Very Few Desire Those Things That Make For Peace.

Do Not Be Influenced By The Importance Of The Writer, And Whether His Learning Be Great Or Small, But Let The Love Of Pure Truth Draw You To Read. Do Not Inquire, Who Said This? But Pay Attention To What Is Said.

Habit Is Overcome By Habit. [lat., Consuetudo Consuetudine Vincitur.]

The Enemy Is More Easily Overcome If He Be Not Suffered To Enter The Door Of Our Hearts, But Be Resisted Without The Gate At His First Knock.

Out Of Two Evils, The Less Is Always To Be Chosen.

It Is Better To Be Affected With A True Penitent Sorrow For Sin Than To Be Able To Resolve The Most Difficult Cases About It.

For It Is The Grace Of Christ, And Not Our Own Virtue, That Gives Us The Power To Overcome The Flesh And The World.

Old Custom Is Hard To Break And Scarce Any Man Will Be Led Otherwise Than Seemeth Good Unto Himself.

Man Considers The Actions, But God Weighs The Intentions.

One Who Views Thing As They Are In Reality, And Not As They Are Said Or Thought To Be, Is Truly Wise, Taught By God Rather Than By Other Persons

Man Sees Your Actions, But God Your Motives.

A Life Without Purpose Is A Languid, Drifting Thing; Every Day We Ought To Review Our Purpose, Saying To Ourselves: This Day Let Me Make A Sound Beginning, For What We Have Hitherto Done Is Naught!

How Sweet It Is To Love, And To Be Dissolved, And As It Were To Bathe Myself In Thy Love.

Too Many Instances There Are Of Daring Men, Who By Presuming To Sound The Deep Things Of Religion, Have Cavilled And Argued Themselves Out Of All Religion.

Do Not Let Your Peace Depend On The Hearts Of Men; Whatever They Say About You, Good Or Bad, You Are Not Because Of It Another Man, For As You Are, You Are.

To Say That I Am Made In The Image Of God Is To Say That Love Is The Reason For My Existence, For God Is Love.

No Man Is Without His Load Of Trouble.

God Is Able To Do More Than Man Can Understand.

It Is Vanity To Desire A Long Life And To Take No Heed Of A Good Life.

Study, Therefore, To Withdraw The Love Of Your Soul From All Things That Are Visible, And Turn It To Things That Are Invisible.

No One Is Qualified To Converse In Public Except Those Contented To Do Without Such Conversation.

Whatsoever Is Done In Charity, However Small And Of No Reputation It Be, Bringeth Forth Good Fruit.

Two Wings Lift A Person Up From Earthly Concerns: Simplicity In Intention, And Purity In Feeling.

Let All Your Thoughts Be With The Most High, And Direct Your Humble Prayers Unceasingly To Christ. If You Cannot Contemplate High And Heavenly Things, Take Refuge In The Passion Of Christ, And Love To Dwell Within His Sacred Wounds. For If You Devoutly Seek The Wounds Of Jesus And The Precious Marks Of His Passion, You Will Find Great Strength In All Troubles.

He Does Much Who Loves Much.

Love Is A Great Thing...which Alone Maketh Every Burden Light.. Love Is Watchful, And While Sleeping, Still Keeps Watch; Though Fatigued, It Is Not Weary; Though Pressed, It Is Not Forced. Love Is Sincere, Gentle, Strong, Patient, Faithful, Prudent, Long-suffering, And Manly. Love Is Humble And Upright, Not Weak, Not Fickle, Nor Intent On Vain Things; Sober Chaste, Steadfast, Quiet, And Guarded In All The Senses.

All Earthly Joy Begins Pleasantly, But At The End It Gnaws And Kills.

He Is Truly Great Who Hath A Great Charity.

Activate Yourself To Duty By Remembering Your Position, Who You Are, And What You Have Obliged Yourself To Be.

Don't Flatter The Rich, Or Appear To Willing Before The Great.

Count Not Thyself To Have Found True Peace, If Thou Hast Felt No Grief; Nor That Then All Is Well If Thou Hast No Adversary; Nor That This Is Perfect, If All Things Fall Out According To Thy Desire.

The Reflections On A Day Well Spent Furnish Us With Joys More Pleasing Than Ten Thousand Triumphs.

No Confict Is So Severe As His Who Labors To Subdue Himself.

Remember Always Your End, And That Lost Time Does Not Return.

Learned Arguments Do Not Make A Man Holy And Righteous, Whereas A Good Life Makes Him Dear To God.

Do What Lieth In Thy Power, And God Will Assist In Thy Good Will.

May Not Be Your Peace In The Mouth Of The Men; Since No Matter If They Thing Good Or Bad About You, You Should Not Be A Different Man Because Of That.

Now Is The Time To Be Doing, Now Is The Time To Be Stirring, Now Is The Time To Amend Myself.

A Sure Way Of Retaining The Grace Of Heaven Is To Disregard Outward Appearances, And Diligently To Cultivate Such Things As Foster Amendment Of Life And Fervour Of Soul, Rather Than To Cultivate Those Qualities That Seem Most Popular.

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.

If Thou Hadst A Good Conscience Thou Wouldst Not Greatly Fear Death.

It Is Much Safer To Be Subject Than It Is To Command. Many Live In Obedience More From Necessity Than From Love. Such Become Discontented And Dejected On The Slightest Pretext; They Will Never Gain Peace Of Mind Unless They Subject Themselves Wholeheartedly For The Love Of God.

Intelligence Must Follow Faith, Never Precede It, And Never Destroy It.

A Man That Is Well Ordered In His Soul Needeth Little The Unkind Demeanor Of Worldly People Nor Yet Their Proud Behavior.

A Pure, Sincere, And Stable Spirit Is Not Distracted Though It Be Employed In Many Works; For That It Works All To The Honor Of God, And Inwardly Being Still And Quiet, Seeks Not Itself In Any Thing It Doth.

O Lord, You Know What Is Best For Me. Let This Or That Be Done, As You Please. Give What You Will, How Much You Will, And When You Will.

The Devil Does Not Tempt Unbelievers And Sinners Who Are Already His Own.

Wheresoever We Seek Our Own, There We Fall From Love.

Don't Think So Much About Who Is For Or Against You, Rather Give All Your Care, That God Be With You In Everything You Do.

If You Cast Away One Cross, You Will Certainly Find Another, And Perhaps A Heavier.

You Will Never Be An Inwardly Religious And Devout Man Unless You Pass Over In Silence The Shortcomings Of Your Fellow Men, And Diligently Examine Your Own Weaknesses.

If God Were Our One And Only Desire We Would Not Be So Easily Upset When Our Opinions Do Not Find Outside Acceptance.

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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.

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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind. The Absent Are Always In The Wrong.

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If Thou Art Willing To Suffer No Adversity, How Wilt Thou Be The Friend Of Christ?

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Why Seekest Thou Rest, Since Thou Art Born To Labor? [lat., Cur Quaeris Quietem, Quam Natus Sis Ad Laborem?]

Set Me Free From Evil Passions, And Heal My Heart Of All Inordinate Affections; That Being Inwardly Cured And Thoroughly Cleansed, I May Be Made Fit To Love, Courageous To Suffer, Steady To Persevere.

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The Better You Understand Yourself The Less Cause You Will Find To Love Yourself.

Whoever Finds Jesus, Finds A Rich Treasure, And A Good Above Every Good. He Who Loses Jesus Loses Much Indeed, And More Than The Whole World. Poorest Of All Is He Who Lives Without Jesus, And Richest Of All Is He Who Stands In Favor With Jesus.

The More The Flesh Is Wasted By Affliction, So Much More Is The Spirit Strengthened By Inward Grace.

Oh, How Swiftly The Glory Of The World Passes Away!

It Is Better To Have But Little Knowledge With Humility And Understanding, Than Great Learning Which Might Make You Proud. For A Person's Merits Are Not To Be Estimated By Having Many Visions, Or By Knowledge Of The Bible, Or By Being Placed In A Higher Position; But By Being Grounded In True Humility, And By Seeking Always, Purely, And Entirely, The Honor Of God.

Let Temporal Things Serve Thy Use, But The Eternal Be The Object Of Thy Desire.

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Do Not Read To Satisfy Curiosity Or To Pass The Time, But Study Such Things As Move Your Heart To Devotion.

For Man Plans, But God Arranges.

If You Would Endeavor, Like Men Of Courage, To Stand In The Battle, Surely We Would Feel The Favorable Assistance Of God From Heaven. For He Who Give The Us Occasion To Fight, To The End We May Get The Victory, Is Ready To Succor Those That Fight Manfully, And Do Trust In His Grace.

Love Is A Great Thing, Yea, A Great And Thorough Good. By Itself It Makes What Is Heavy Light; And Bears Evenly All That Is Uneven.

Whatever You Do, Do It With Intelligence, And Keep The End In View.

It Is Better To Feel Repentance, Than To Be Able To Define It.

Carefully Avoid In Yourself Those Things Which Distrub You In Others.

Forasmuch As Many People Study More To Have Knowledge Than To Live Well Therefore Ofttimes They Err And Bring Forth Little Fruit Or None.

I Would Far Rather Feel Remorse Than Know How To Define It.

Remain Tranquil And Prepare To Bear Still Greater Trials. All Is Not Lost Even Though You Be Troubled Oftener Or Tempted More Grievously. You Are A Man, Not God. You Are Flesh, Not An Angel. How Can You Possibly Expect To Remain Always In The Same State Of Virtue When The Angels In Heaven And The First Man In Paradise Failed To Do So? I Am He Who Rescues The Afflicted And Brings To My Divinity Those Who Know Their Own Weakness.

The Acknowledgment Of Our Weakness Is The First Step In Repairing Our Loss.

Love Alone Makes Heavy Burdens Light And Bears In Equal Balance Things Pleasing And Displeasing. Love Bears A Heavy Burden And Does Not Feel It, And Love Makes Bitter Things Tasteful And Sweet.

In Judging Others A Man Laboreth In Vain; He Often Erreth, And Easily Falleth Into Sin; But In Judging And Examining Himself He Always Laboreth To Good Purpose.

Great Tranquility Of Heart Is His Who Cares For Neither Praise Nor Blame.

Know All And You Will Pardon All.

Every Man Naturally Desires Knowledge; But What Good Is Knowledge Without Fear Of God? Indeed A Humble Rustic Who Serves God Is Better Than A Proud Intellectual Who Neglects His Soul To Study The Course Of The Stars.

Anyone Who Thinks Hard Work Will Never Hurt You Has Never Had To Pay To Have It Done. Jesus Now Has Many Lovers Of His Heavenly Kingdom, But Few Bearers Of His Cross.

The End Of All Is Death And Man's Life Passeth Away Suddenly As A Shadow.

Whoever Would Fully And Feelingly Understand The Words Of Christ, Must Endeavor To Conform His Life Wholly To The Life Of Christ.

It Is Easier Not To Speak A Word At All Than To Speak More Words Than We Should.

I Have Sought For Happiness Everywhere, But I Have Found It Nowhere Except In A Little Corner With A Little Book.

The Good Devout Man First Makes Inner Preparation For The Actions He Has Later To Perform. His Outward Actions Do Not Draw Him Into Lust And Vice; Rather It Is He Who Bends Them Into The Shape Of Reason And Right Judgement. Who Has A Stiffer Battle To Fight Than The Man Who Is Striving To Conquer Himself.

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.

Who Is So Wise As To Have A Perfect Knowledge Of All Things? Therefore Trust Not Too Much To Thine Own Opinion, But Be Ready Also To Hear The Opinion Of Others. Thought Thine Own Opinion Be Good, Yet If For The Love Of God Thou Foregoest It, And Followest That Of Another, Thou Shalt The More Profit Thereby.

What Thou Art, That Thou Art; That God Knoweth Thee To Be And Thou Canst Be Said To Be No Greater.

Judge Yourself And Beware Of Passing Judgement On Others. In Judging Others We Expend Our Energy To No Purpose; We Are Often Mistaken And Easily Sin. But If We Judge Ourselves Our Labour Is Always To Our Profit.

We Are Sometimes Stirred By Emotion And Take It For Zeal.

If Thou Wilt Receive Profit, Read With Humility, Simplicity And Faith, And Seek Not At Any Time The Fame Of Being Learned.

Learn To Humble Yourself, You Are But Earth And Clay.

And When He Is Out Of Sight, Quickly Also He Is Out Of Mind.

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.

He Has Great Tranquillity Of Heart Who Cares Neither For The Praises Nor The Fault-finding Of Men. He Will Easily Be Content And Pacified, Whose Conscience Is Pure. You Are Not Holier If You Are Praised, Nor The More Worthless If You Are Found Fault With. What You Are, That You Are; Neither By Word Can You Be Made Greater Than What You Are In The Sight Of God.

If Thou May Not Continually Gather Thyself Together, Do It Sometime At Least Once A Day, Morning Or Evening.

Would To God That We Might Spend A Single Day Really Well!

Happy Is The Man Who Renounces Everything Which May Bring A Stain Or Burden Upon His Conscience

Gladly We Desire To Make Other Men Perfect, But We Will Not Amend Our Own Fault.

If You Seek Jesus In All Things You Will Surely Find Jesus. And If You Seek Yourself, You Will Surely Find Yourself, But Only To Your Ruin.

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All Men Commend Patience, Although Few Are Willing To Practice It.

Anyone Who Is Not Totally Dead To Himself Will Soon Find That He Is Tempted And Overcome By Piddling And Frivolous Things. Whoever Is Weak In Spirit, Given To The Flesh And Inclined To Sensual Things Can, But Only With Great Difficulty, Drag Himself Away From His Earthly Desires. Therefore He Is Often Gloomy And Sad When He Is Trying To Pull Himself Away From Them, And Easily Gives Way To Anger Should Someone Attempt To Oppose Him.

A Man Of Peace Does More Good Than A Very Learned Man.

We Should Have Much More Peace If We Would Not Busy Ourselves With The Sayings And Doings Of Others.

If You Bear The Cross Unwillingly, You Make It A Burden, And Load Yourself More Heavily; But You Must Bear It.

Love Is Swift, Sincere, Pious, Joyful, Generous, Strong, Patient, Faithful, Prudent, Long-suffering, Courageous, And Never Seeking Its Own; For Wheresoever A Person Seeketh His Own, There He Falleth From Love.

Love Makes Everything That Is Heavy Light.

Who Has A Harder Fight Than He Who Is Striving To Overcome Himself.

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.

But Because Many Endeavor To Get Knowledge Rather Than To Live Well, They Are Often Deceived And Reap Little Or No Benefit From Their Labor.

Salvation By The Cross. [lat., In Cruce Salus.]

Pass No Rash Condemnation On Other Peoples Words Or Actions.

It Carries A Burden Which Is No Burden; It Will Not Be Kept Back By Anything Low And Mean; It Desires To Be Free From All Wordly Affections, And Not To Be Entangled By Any Outward Prosperity, Or By Any Adversity Subdued.

Love Flies, Runs, And Rejoices; It Is Free And Nothing Can Hold It Back.

Bodily Exercises Are To Be Done Discreetly; Not To Be Taken Evenly And Alike By All Men.

I Can Take Credit For Only Two Things: Pride And Sin.

For The Multitude Of Worldly Friends Profiteth Not, Nor May Strong Helpers Anything Avail, Nor Wise Counselors Give Profitable Counsel, Nor The Cunning Of Doctors Give Consolation, Nor Riches Deliver In Time Of Need, Nor A Secret Place To Defend, If Thou, Lord, Do Not Assist, Help, Comfort, Counsel, Inform, And Defend.

I Have Often Heard, That It Is Safer To Hear And To Take Counsel, Than To Give It.

Let Not Your Peace Rest In The Utterances Of Men, For Whether They Put A Good Or Bad Construction On Your Conduct Does Not Make You Other Than You Are.

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.

Oh, How Great Peace And Quietness Would He Possess Who Should Cut Off All Vain Anxiety And Place All His Confidence In God.

Is A Man One Whit The Better Because He Is Grown Great In Other Men's Esteem?

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.

It Is Much Safer To Obey Than To Rule.

Our Own Opinion Of Ourselves Should Be Lower Than That Formed By Others, For We Have A Better Chance At Our Imperfections.

At The Least Bear Patiently, If Thou Canst Not Joyfully.

Thou Art My Glory And The Exultation Of Y Heart: Thou Art My Hope And Refuge In The Day Of My Trouble.

He Who Loves With Purity Considers Not The Gift Of The Lover, But The Love Of The Giver.

He Is Truly Great That Is Little In Himself, And That Maketh No Account Of Any Height Of Honors.

Trust Not To Your Feelings For Whatever They Might Be Now, They Will Quickly Be Changed Towards Some Other Thing.

He That Avoideth Not Small Faults, By Little And Little Falleth Into Greater.

In The Morning Fix Thy Good Purpose; And At Night Examine Thyself What Thou Hast Done, How Thou Hast Behaved Thyself In Word, Deed, And Thought.

No One Can Obtain From The Pope A Dispensation For Never Dying. [lat., Nemo Impetrare Potest A Papa Bullam Numquam Moriendi.]

He Rides Pleasantly Enough Whom The Grace Of God Carries.

What Else Does Anxiety About The Future Bring You But Sorrow Upon Sorrow?

Simplicity And Purity Are The Two Wings By Which A Man Is Lifted Above All Earthly Things. Simplicity Is In The Intention - Purity In The Affection. Simplicity Tends To God, - Purity Apprehends And Tastes Him.

Cling, Therefore, To Jesus In Life And Death; Trust Yourself To The Glory Of Him Who Alone Can Help You When All Others Fail.

No Man Doth Safely Rule, But He That Hath Learned Gladly To Obey.

To Be Able To Live Peaceably With Hard And Perverse Persons, Or With The Disorderly, Or With Such As Go Contrary To Us, Is A Great Grace.

We Are Often Moved With Passion And Think It To Be Zeal.

Love Is A Great Thing, A Good Above All Others, Which Alone Maketh Every Burden Light.

No Man Is Safe Above But He That Will Gladly Be Beneath.

Do Not Interfere When Your Opinion Is Not Sought.

Our Dependence Upon God Ought To Be So Entire And Absolute That We Should Never Think It Necessary, In Any Kind Of Distress, To Have Recourse To Human Consolations.

The Glory Of The Good Is In Their Consciences, And Not In The Tongues Of Men.

Set Not Thyself To Attain Much Rest, But Much Patience.

When Comfort Is Withdrawn, Do Not Be Cast Down, But Humbly And Patiently Await The Visitation Of God. He Is Able And Powerful To Give You More Grace And More Spiritual Comfort Than You First Had.

Let Nothing Disturb Thee, Let Nothing Affright Thee; All Passeth Away: God Only Shall Stay. Patience Wins All: Who Hath God, Needeth Nothing; For God Is His All.

Purity And Simplicity Are The Two Wings With Which Man Soars Above The Earth And All Temporary Nature.

Whoever Puts His Confidence In Men Or In Any Creature Is Very Foolish.

If You Bear The Cross Gladly, It Will Bear You.

Restrain An Inordinate Desire For Knowledge, In Which Is Found Much Anxiety And Deception. Learned Men Always Wish To Appear So, And Desire Recognition Of Their Wisdom. But There Are Many Matters, Knowledge Of Which Brings Little Or No Advantage To The Soul.

It Is Futile To Wish For A Long Life, And Then To Give So Little Care To Living Well.

Be Yourself -the Man Who Is Neither Bent Upon Pleasing His Fellows Nor Afraid Of Offending Them Will Enjoy Great Peace.

The Lord Has Many Lovers Of His Crown But Few Lovers Of His Cross.

Remember, Your Prerogative Is To Govern, And Not To Serve The Things Of This World.

Thou Shalt Ever Joy At Eventide If Thou Spend The Day Fruitfully.

Let Not Therefore Thy Heart Be Troubled, Neither Let It Fear. Trust In Me, And Put Thy Confidence In My Mercy. When Thou Thinkest Thyself Farthest Off From Me, Oftentimes I Am Nearest Unto Thee. When Thou Countest Almost All To Be Lost, Then Oftentimes The Greatest Gain Of Reward Is Close At Hand. All Is Not Lost, When Any Thing Falleth Out Contrary. Thou Oughtest Not To Judge According To Present Feeling; Nor So To Take Any Grief, Or Give Thyself Over To It.

Simplicity Reaches Out After God; Purity Discovers And Enjoys Him.

Always Keep A Good Distance Between Yourself And Lying, Quarreling, Detracting, Insulting And Gossip. The Person Who Can Do That Will Some Day Learn To Enjoy The Silence.

He Does Much Who Loves God Much, And He Does Much Who Does His Deed Well.

You Are A Man, Not God; You Are Human, Not An Angel. How Can You Expect To Remain Always In A Constant State Of Virtue, When This Was Not Possible Even For An Angel Of Heaven, Nor For The First Man In The Garden?

O How Quickly Passes Away The Glory Of The Earth.

Patience Is Necessary In This Life Because So Much Of Life Is Fraught With Adversity. No Matter How Hard We Try, Our Lives Will Never Be Without Strife And Grief. Thus, We Should Not Strive For A Peace That Is Without Temptation, Or For A Life That Never Feels Adversity. Peace Is Not Found By Escaping Temptations, But By Being Tried By Them. We Will Have Discovered Peace When We Have Been Tried And Come Through The Trial Of Temptation.

Endeavor To Be Patient In Bearing With The Defects And Infirmities Of Others, Of What Sort 'soever They Be; For That Thyself Also Has Many Failings Which Must Be Borned With By Others.

He Does Much Who Loves God Much, And He Does Much Who Does His Deed Well, And He Does His Deed Well Who Does It Rather For The Common Good Than For His Own Will.

Permit No Hour To Go By Without It Due Improvement.

In The Cross Is Salvation; In The Cross Is Life; In The Cross Is Protection Against Our Enemies; In The Cross Is Infusion Of Heavenly Sweetness; In The Cross Is Strength Of Mind; In The Cross Is Joy Of Spirit; In The Cross Is Excellence Of Virtue; In The Cross Is Perfection Of Holiness. There Is No Salvation Of Soul, Nor Hope Of Eternal Life, Save In The Cross.

By Two Wings A Man Is Lifted Up From Things Earthly: By Simplicity And Purity.

A Wise And Good Man Will Turn Examples Of All Sorts To His Own Advantage. The Good He Will Make His Patterns, And Strive To Equal Or Excel Them. The Bad He Will By All Means Avoid.

Christ Was Willing To Suffer Wrongs And To Be Despised, And Do You Dare To Complain Of Anything?.

Carry The Cross Patiently, And With Perfect Submission; And In The End It Shall Carry You.

Though Weary, It Is Not Tired: Though Pressed It Is Not Straightened; Though Alarmed, It Is Not Confounded; But As A Living Flame It Forces Itself Upwards And Securely Passes Through All.

If Thou Canst Not Make Thyself Such An One As Thou Wouldst, How Canst Thou Expect To Have Another In All Things To Thy Liking?

Confidence Is The Illusion Born Of Accidental Success.

It Thou Seek Rest In This Life, How Wilt Thou Then Attain To The Everlasting Rest? Dispose Not Thyself For Much Rest, But For Great Patience. Seek True Peace--not In Earth, But In Heaven; Not In Men, Nor In Any Other Creature, But In God Alone.

If You Wish To Live In Peace And Harmony With Others, You Must Learn To Discipline Yourself In Many Ways.

In Jesus And For Him, Enemies And Friends Alike Are To Be Loved.

Man Proposes, But God Disposes.

All His Glory And Beauty Come From Within, And There He Delights To Dwell, His Visits There Are Frequent, His Conversation Sweet, His Comforts Refreshing; And His Peace Passing All Understanding.

Simplicity Is The Intention, Purity In The Affection; Simplicity Turns To God, Purity Unites With And Enjoys Him.

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