The Whole Of Creation, With All Of

The Whole Of Nature, As Has Been Said, Is A Conjugation Of The Verb To Eat, In The Active And In The Passive.

If We Feel That Any Habit Or Pursuit, Harmless In Itself, Is Keeping Us From God And Sinking Us Deeper In The Things Of Earth; If We Find That Things Which Others Can Do With Impunity Are For Us The Occasion Of Falling, Then Abstinence Is Our Only Course. Abstinence Alone Can Recover For Us The Real Value Of What Should Have Been For Our Help But Which Has Been An Occasion Of Falling. ... It Is Necessary That We Should Steadily Resolve To Give Up Anything That Comes Between Ourselves And God.

Let Us Remember, When We Are Inclined To Be Disheartened, That The Private Soldier Is A Poor Judge Of The Fortunes Of A Great Battle.

Deliberate Cruelty To Our Defenceless And Beautiful Little Cousins Is Surely One Of The Meanest And Most Detestable Vices Of Which A Human Being Can Be Guilty.

The Wealth Of A Soul Is Measured By How Much It Can Feel; Its Poverty By How Little.