Listen Less To Your Own Thoughts And

Peace Does Not Dwell In Outward Things But Within The Soul; We May Preserve It In The Midst Of The Bitterest Pain, If Our Will Remains Firm And Submissive. Peace In This Life Springs From Acquiescence To, Not An Exemption From, Suffering.

I Would Have Every Minister Of The Gospel Address His Audience With The Zeal Of A Friend, With The Generous Energy Of A Father, And With The Exuberant Affection Of A Mother.

Most People I Ask Little From. I Try To Give Them Much, And Expect Nothing In Return And I Do Very Well In The Bargain.

Alas! How Many Souls There Are Full Of Self, And Yet Desirous Of Doing Good And Serving God, But In Such A Way As To Suit Themselves; Who Desire To Impose Rules Upon God As To His Manner Of Drawing Them To Himself. They Want To Serve And Possess Him, But They Are Not Willing To Be Possessed By Him.

We Must Avoid Fastidiousness; Neatness, When It Is Moderate, Is A Virtue; But When It Is Carried To An Extreme, It Narrows The Mind.