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

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.

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

Whoever Strives To Withdraw From Obedience, Withdraws From 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.

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.

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

Thou Wilt Always Rejoice In The Evening, If Thou Spend The Day Profitably.

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.

He That Seeks Here Any Other Thing But Simply God And The Salvation Of His Soul, Will Find Nothing But Trouble And Sorrow.

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

Grace Is The Mastery Of Truth, The Teacher Of Discipline, The Light Of The Heart, The Comforter Of Affliction, The Banisher Of Sorrow, The Nurse Of Devotion.

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.

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

Therefore, A Man Ought To Root Himself So Firmly In God That He Will Not Need The Consolations Of Men.

If You Want To Learn Something That Will Really Help You, Learn To See Yourself As God Sees You And Not As You See Yourself In The Distorted Mirror Of Your Own Self-importance.

Love Flies, Runs, Leaps For Joy; It Is Free And Unrestrained. Love Gives All For All, Resting In One Who Is Highest Above All Things, From Whom Every Good Flows And Proceeds. Love Does Not Regard The Gifts, But Turns To The Giver Of All Good Gifts. Love Knows No Limits, But Ardently Transcends All Bounds. Love Feels No Burden, Takes No Account Of Toil, Attempts Things Beyond Its Strength; Love Sees Nothing As Impossible, For It Feels Able To Achieve All Things. Love Therefore Does Great Things; It Is Strange And Effective; While He Who Lacks Love Faints And Fails.

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.

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.

Oh How Swiftly The Glory Of The World Passes Away! If Only The Lives Of These Men Had Been As Admirable As Their Learning, Their Study And Reading Would Have Been To Good Purpose! But How Many In This World Care Little For The Service Of God, And Perish In Their Vain Learning. Because They Choose To Be Great Rather Than Humble, They Perish In Their Own Conceit.

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.

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

If Your Heart Were Sincere And Upright, Every Creature Would Be Unto You A Looking-glass Of Life And A Book Of Holy Doctrine.

We Usually Know What We Can Do, But Temptation Shows Us Who We Are.

If Thou Hadst Simplicity And Purity, Thou Wouldst Be Able To Comprehend All Things Without Error, And Behold Them Without Danger. The Pure Heart Safely Pervades Not Only Heaven, But Hell.

Man Sees Your Actions, But God Your Motives.

Blessed Is The Pilgrim, Who In Every Place, And At All Times Of This His Banishment In The Body, Calling Upon The Holy Name Of Jesus, Calleth To Mind His Native Heavenly Land, Where His Blessed Master, The King Of Saints And Angels, Waiteth To Receive Him. Blessed Is The Pilgrim Who Seeketh Not An Abiding Place Unto Himself In This World; But Longeth To Be Dissolved, And Be With Christ In Heaven.

Habit Is Overcome By Habit.

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.

God Is Able To Do More Than Man Can Understand.

Love Feels No Burden, Thinks Nothing Of Trouble, Attempts What Is Above Its Strength.... It Is Therefore Able To Undertake All Things, And It Completes Many Things, And Warrants Them To Take Effect, Where He Who Does Not Love Would Faint And Lie Down.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Temptations Discover What You Are.

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

If You Cannot Mould Yourself Entirely As You Would Wish, How Can You Expect Other People To Be Entirely To Your Liking?

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

All Men Are Frail; But Thou Shouldst Reckon None So Frail As Thyself.

For Nothing, How Little Soever, That Is Suffered For God's Sake, Can Pass Without Merit In The Sight Of God.

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.

So Passes Away The Glory Of This World. ('sic Transit Gloria Mundi.')

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, 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!

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.

The More Humble And Obedient To God A Man Is, The More Wise And At Peace He Will Be In All That He Does.

Have Therefore Zeal To Better Thyself And Then Mayst Thou Have Zeal To Thy Neighbor.

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

What Most Of All Hinders Heavenly Consolation Is That You Are Too Slow In Turning Yourself To Prayer.

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

If You Carry Your Cross Joyfully, It Will Carry You.

Love Is Active And Sincere, Courageous, Patient, Faithful, Prudent And Manly.

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

Of Two Evils, The Lesser Must Always Be Chosen De Duobus Malis, Minus Est Semper Eligendum

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

Occasions Of Adversity Best Discover How Great Virtue Or Strength Each One Hath. For Occasions Do Not Make A Man Frail, But They Show What He Is.

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.

No Man Ruleth Safely But He That Is Willingly Ruled.

It Is No Little Wisdom For You To Keep Yourself In Silence And In Good Peace When Evil Words Are Spoken To You, And To Turn Your Heart To God And Not To Be Troubled With The Judgment Of Others.

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

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.

My Child, It Will Be Better For You If You Accept My Decisions Without Complaint. Do Not Ask Me To Defend My Actions Or To Explain Why One Person Is Favored And Another Seems Slighted. The Answers To These Questions Go Far Beyond Your Comprehension.

Always Be Thou Prepared, And So Live That Death May Never Find Thee Unprepared.

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.

Finding Yourself

Renounce All Things, And Thou Shalt Find All Things; Give Up Thy Lust, And Thou Shalt Find Rest.

The Only Safe Ruler Is He Who Has Learned To Obey Willingly.

Obeying The Law

He Is Truly Great Who Is Little In His Own Eyes And Makes Nothing Of The Highest

A Book Has But One Voice, But It Does Not Instruct Everyone Alike.

It Is Thy Duty Often Times To Do What Thou Wouldst Not; Thy Duty Too, To Leave Undone That Thou Wouldst Do.

The Loftier The Building, The Deeper Must The Foundation Be Laid.

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.

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

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.

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

Confidence Is The Illusion Born Of Accidental Success.

Be At Peace With Yourself First And Then You Will Be Able To Bring Peace To Others.

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

Thou Shalt Rest Sweetly If Thy Heart Condemn Thee Not.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Many Deceive Themselves, Imagining They'll Find Happiness In Change.

Finding Happiness

Some People Are Tempted Most Strongly At The Beginning Of Their Spiritual Life, Others Near The End. Some Are Troubled All Their Lives. Still Others Receive Only Light Temptation. Such Things Are Decided By God, And We Can Trust His Wisdom.

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

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.

Know All And You Will Pardon All.

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

Be Assured That If You Knew All, You Would Pardon All.

He Is Truly Great That Is Great In Charity. He Is Truly Great That Is Little In Himself, And Maketh No Account Of Any Height Of Honor. And He Is Truly Learned That Doeth The Will Of God, And Forsaketh His Own Will.

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

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

Scruples, Temptations, And Fears, And Cutting Perplexities Of The Heart, Are Often The Lot Of The Most Excellent Persons.

If You Can Talk And It's Convenient To Talk, Try To Say Things That Edify.

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.

To Take No Account Of Oneself, But Always To Think Well And Highly Of Others Is The Highest Wisdom And Perfection.

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

Without Labor There Is No Rest, Nor Without Fighting Can The Victory Be Won.

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

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

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

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.

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.

There Is No Creature So Small And Abject, That It Representeth Not The Goodness Of God.

Goodness Of God

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.

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.

Man Proposes, But God Disposes.

For They Truly Know Their Lord In The Breaking Of Bread, Whose Heart Within Them So Vehemently Burneth, Whilst Thou, O Blessed Jesus, Dost Walk And Converse With Them.

If You Desire To Know Or Learn Anything To Your Advantage, Then Take Delight In Being Unknown And Unregarded. A True Understanding And Humble Estimate Of Oneself Is The Highest And Most Valuable Of All Lessons.

O Lord, Self-renunciation Is Not The Work Of One Day, Nor Children's Sport; Yea, Rather In This Word Is Included All Perfection.

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

For Things That Worth Little Or Nothing We Care A Lot; And We Oversight What Is Necessary; Because Every Man Goes Towards The Exterior; And If He Doesn't Regain Consciousness Quickly, With Pleasure Remain Involved In It.

We Feel And Weigh Soon Enough What We Suffer From Others: But How Much Others Suffer From Us, Of This We Take No Heed.

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

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

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

First Keep Peace With Yourself, Then You Can Also Bring Peace To Others.

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

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

Of Two Evils We Must Always Choose The Least.

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

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

Love Is Watchful. Sleeping, It Does Not Slumber. Wearied, It Is Not Tired. Pressed, It Is Not Straitened. Alarmed, It Is Not Confused, But Like A Living Flame, A Burning Torch, It Forces Its Way Upward And Passes Unharmed Through Every Obstacle.

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.

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.

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

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

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

As Iron Cast Into Fire Loses Its Rust And Becomes Glowing White, So He Who Turns Completely To God Is Stripped Of His Sluggishness And Changed Into A New Man.

It Is Much Safer To Obey Than To Rule.

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

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

No Man Is Without His Load Of Trouble.

If We Live In Peace Ourselves, We In Turn May Bring Peace To Others. A Peaceable Man Does More Good Than A Learned One.

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

Be Not Angry That You Cannot Make Others As You Wish Them To Be, Since You Cannot Make Yourself As You Wish To Be.

God Evaluates By This Criterion: How Much Love You Invest In What You Do Is More Important Than How You Do. The One Who Loves Much Is Actually The One Who Does Much.

Constantly Choose Rather To Want Less, Than To Have More.

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

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

Man Considers The Actions, But God Weighs The Intentions.

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.

He Who Knows Himself Well Is Mean And Abject In His Own Sight, And Takes No Delight In The Vain Praise Of Men.

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

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

What Canst Thou See Elsewhere Which Thou Canst Not See Here? Behold The Heaven And The Earth And All The Elements; For Of These Are All Things Created.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Peace And Happiness Are What You Covet, But These Are Only To Be Obtained By Labor.

Peace And Happiness

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?

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

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

And If Thy Heart Be Straight With God Then Every Creature Shall Be To Thee A Mirror Of Life And A Book Of Holy Doctrine For There Is No Creature So Little Or So Despised But That Sheweth And Representeth The Goodness Of God.

Leave Off That Excessive Desire Of Knowing; Therein Is Found Much Distraction. There Are Many Things The Knowledge Of Which Is Of Little Or No Profit To The Soul.

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

Love Feels No Burden, Regards Not Labors, Strives Toward More Than It Attains, Argues Not Of Impossibility, Since It Believes That It May And Can Do All Things.

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

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

No One Is So Good That He Is Immune From Temptation. We Will Never Be Entirely Free From It. . . . There Is No Order So Holy, No Place So Secret Where There Will Be No Temptation.

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

Never Be Entirely Idle; But Either Be Reading, Or Writing, Or Praying Or Meditating Or Endeavoring Something For The Public Good.

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.

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

Always Be Ready; Always Live In Such A Way That Death Can Never Find You Unprepared.

Few Spirits Are Made Better By The Pain And Languor Of Sickness; As Few Great Pilgrims Become Eminent Saints.

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.

How Should Thy Patience Be Crowned In Heaven If None Adversity Should Befall To Thee In Earth? If Thou Wilt Suffer None Adversity How Mayest Thou Be The Friend Of Christ?

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

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

A Man Is Hindered And Distracted In Proportion As He Draws Outward Things To Himself.

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

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

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.

Such As Every Man Is Inwardly So He Judgeth Outwardly.

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.

Do Not Interfere When Your Opinion Is Not Sought.

Trust Not To Friends And Kindred, Neither Do Thou Put Off The Care Of Thy Soul's Welfare Til Hereafter; For Men Will Sooner Forget Thee Than Thou Art Aware Of.

He Will Be With You Also, All The Way, That Faithful God. Every Morning When You Awaken To The Old And Tolerable Pain, At Every Mile Of The Hot Uphill Dusty Road Of Tiring Duty, On To The Judgment Seat, The Same Christ There As Ever, Still Loving You, Still Sufficient For You, Even Then. And Then, On Through All Eternity.

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.

All Is Vanity But To Love God And Serve Him.

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

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

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

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

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

If Thou Be Not Busy For Thyself Now, Who Shall Be Busy For Thee In Time To Come?

What Thou Art, That Thou Art.

Seek Not To Know Who Said This Or That, But Take Note Of What Has Been Said.

Occasions Do Not Make A Man Either Strong Or Weak But They Show What He Is.

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