First keep yourself in peace and then you will be able to bring others to peace. The peaceable man does more good than one who is very learned.
First keep yourself in peace and then you will be able to bring others to peace. The peaceable man does more good than one who is very learned.
He who knows how to suffer will enjoy much peace, and he is a conqueror of himself, the lord of the world, the friend of Christ, and an heir of Heaven.
Grant me, O God, strength and courage to restrain the desires of my heart, that I may be free to possess you, Amen.
He who is too sure in time of peace, will often show himself to be downcast or fearful in time of war.
The lover flies, runs and rejoices; he is free and nothing can restrain him. He gives all for all and has all in all.
Ask, and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Evil men sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden. Their roots wrap round the stones and hold fast to every rock.
Love watches, and sleeping, slumbers not. When fatigued it does not become tired; when pressed it does not work through constraint; when threatened it is not disturbed; but like a lively flame and a burning torch, it mounts upwards, and securely overcomes all opposition.