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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.

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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.

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Love Wakes Much And Sleeps Little And, In Sleeping, Does Not Sleep. It Faints Is Not Weary; It Is Restricted In Its Liberty And Is Great Freedom. It Sees Reasons To Fear And Does Not Fear, But, Like An Ember Or A Spark Of Fire, Flames Always Upward, By The Fervor Of Its Love, Toward God, And Through The Special Help Of Grace Is Delivered From All Perils And Dangers

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As Iron Put Into The Fire Loseth Its Rust And Becometh Clearly Red-hot, So He That Wholly Turneth Himself Unto God Puts Off All Slothfulness, And Is Transformed Into A New Man.

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

Whoever Strives To Withdraw From Obedience, Withdraws From Grace.

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Habit Is Overcome By Habit.

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

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When Comfort Is Withdrawn, Do Not Be Cast Down, But Humbly And Patiently Await The Visitation Of God.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.

He Does Much Who Loves Much.

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

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

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Caution Is Crediting, And Reserve In Speaking, And In Revealing One's Self To But Very Few, Are The Best Securities Both Of A Good Understanding With The World, And Of The Inward Peace Of Our Own Minds.

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

Of Sight Out Of Mind

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

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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

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

Thou Shalt Rest Sweetly If Thy Heart Condemn Thee Not.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Of Two Evils We Must Always Choose The Least.

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

Man Sees Your Actions, But God Your Motives.

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.

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

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

Obeying The Law

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

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

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.

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

Finding Happiness

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Christ Willed To Suffer And Be Despised And Do You Dare Complain Of The Same? Christ Had Adversaries And Backbiters; And Do You Wish To Have All Men Your Friends And Benefactors? When Shall Your Patience Attain Her Crown If No Adversity Befalls You? If You Are Willing To Suffer Naught That Is Against You, How Will You Be The Friend Of Christ?

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?

Wherever You Go, You Will Always Bear Yourself About With You, And So You Will Always Find Yourself.

Finding Yourself

Be Therefore Thankful For The Least Gift, So Shalt Thou Be Worthy To Receive Greater.

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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.

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?

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.

Temptations Discover What You Are.

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

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

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.

God Often Gives In One Brief Moment That Which He Has For A Long Time Denied.

He Who Loveth God With All His Heart Feareth Not Death, Nor Punishment, Nor Judgment, Nor Hell, Because Perfect Love Giveth Sure Access To God. But He Who Still Delighteth In Sin, No Marvel If He Is Afraid Of Death And Judgment.

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

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.

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.

Love Longs To Be Free, A Stranger To Every Worldly Desire, Lest Its Inner Vision Become Dimmed, And Lest Worldly Self-interest Hinder It Or Ill-fortune Cast It Down.

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

Peace And Happiness

Do Not Interfere When Your Opinion Is Not Sought.

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.

At The Day Of Judgment We Shall Not Be Asked What We Have Read But What We Have Done.

He Rides Pleasantly Enough Whom The Grace Of God Carries.

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.

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.

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

If You Can Win Complete Mastery Over Self, You Will Easily Master All Else. To Triumph Over Self Is The Perfect Victory.

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

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

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.

Praise Adds Nothing To Your Holiness, Nor Does Blame Take Anything From It. You Are What You Are, And You Cannot Be Said To Be Better Than You Are In God's Sight.

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

Love Makes Everything That Is Heavy Light.

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.

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.

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.

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

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