Self Is The Root, The Tree, And

Joseph Has Lately Endeavored To Seduce My Wife, And Has Found Her A Virtuous Woman.

Reading Is Good, Hearing Is Good, Conversation And Meditation Are Good; But Then, They Are Only Good At Times And Occasions, In A Certain Degree, And Must Be Used And Governed With Such Caution As We Eat And Drink And Refresh Ourselves, Or They Will Bring Forth In Us The Fruits Of Intemperance.

All People Desire What They Believe Will Make Them Happy. If A Person Is Not Full Of Desire For God, We Can Only Conclude That He Is Engaged With Another Happiness.

The Sun Meets Not The Springing Bud That Stretches Towards Him With Half The Certainty That God, The Source Of All Good, Communicates Himself To The Soul That Longs To Partake Of Him.

Wherever Thou Goest, Whatever Thou Dost At Home, Or Abroad, In The Field, Or At Church, Do All In A Desire Of Union With Christ, In Imitation Of His Tempers And Inclinations, And Look Upon All As Nothing, But That Which Exercises, And Increases The Spirit And Life Of Christ In Thy Soul.