The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
It is human to err but it is devilish to remain willfully in error.
Faith is to believe what we do not see the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
Seek not to understand that thou mayest believe but believe that thou mayest understand.
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost and was found is saved from being lost again.
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.
Order your soul reduce your wants live in charity associate in Christian community obey the laws trust in Providence.
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
When large numbers of people share their joy in common the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other’s flame.
What you are must always displease you if you would attain to that which you are not.
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.
It is the function of perfection to make one know one’s imperfection.
If we live good lives the times are also good. As we are such are the times.
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
If we live good lives the times are also good. As we are such are the times.
Faith is to believe what we do not see the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
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.
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call ‘Christian’ the true religion which existed before.
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.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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 world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels.
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.