If You Carry Your Cross Joyfully, It

Do Not Be Influenced By The Importance Of The Writer, And Whether His Learning Be Great Or Small, But Let The Love Of Pure Truth Draw You To Read. Do Not Inquire, Who Said This? But Pay Attention To What Is Said.

Always Be Ready; Always Live In Such A Way That Death Can Never Find You Unprepared.

Is A Man One Whit The Better Because He Is Grown Great In Other Men's Esteem?

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.

It Is Better To Have But Little Knowledge With Humility And Understanding, Than Great Learning Which Might Make You Proud. For A Person's Merits Are Not To Be Estimated By Having Many Visions, Or By Knowledge Of The Bible, Or By Being Placed In A Higher Position; But By Being Grounded In True Humility, And By Seeking Always, Purely, And Entirely, The Honor Of God.