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.
Thomas a Kempis
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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.
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
Remember that lost time does not return.
What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.
It is much safer to obey than to rule.
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
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.
No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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.
At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
Of two evils we must always choose the least.
How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.
Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
