We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

Keep yourself a stranger and pilgrim upon earth, to whom the affairs of this world are of no concern.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.