The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

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.

Love, and do what you like.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

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.