The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
Custom is second nature.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.