There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

So then, when I speak to you, I speak to myself. If I seem to warn or to rebuke you, it is not so much you, as myself, to whom the warning or the rebuke is addressed.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.