Old Custom Is Hard To Break And

Two Wings Lift A Person Up From Earthly Concerns: Simplicity In Intention, And Purity In Feeling.

Praise Adds Nothing To Your Holiness, Nor Does Blame Take Anything From It. You Are What You Are, And You Cannot Be Said To Be Better Than You Are In God's Sight.

As Iron Put Into The Fire Loseth Its Rust And Becometh Clearly Red-hot, So He That Wholly Turneth Himself Unto God Puts Off All Slothfulness, And Is Transformed Into A New Man.

The Good Devout Man First Makes Inner Preparation For The Actions He Has Later To Perform. His Outward Actions Do Not Draw Him Into Lust And Vice; Rather It Is He Who Bends Them Into The Shape Of Reason And Right Judgement. Who Has A Stiffer Battle To Fight Than The Man Who Is Striving To Conquer Himself.

Man Proposes, But God Disposes. [lat., Nam Homo Proponit, Sed Deus Disponit.]