Those Who Love To Be Feared Fear

The Truly Patient Man Neither Complains Of His Hard Lot Nor Desires To Be Pitied By Others. He Speaks Of His Sufferings In A Natural, True, And Sincere Way, Without Murmuring, Complaining, Or Exaggerating Them.

Make Sickness Itself A Prayer.

Be Patient With Everyone, But Above All With Yourself. I Mean Do Not Be Disheartened By Your Imperfections, But Always Rise Up With Fresh Courage. How Are We To Be Patient In Dealing With Our Neighbour's Faults If We Are Impatient In Dealing With Our Own? He Who Is Fretted By His Own Failings Will Not Correct Them. All Profitable Correction Comes From A Calm And Peaceful Mind.

To Be Pleased At Correction And Reproofs Shows That One Loves The Virtues Which Are Contrary To Those Faults For Which He Is Corrected And Reproved. And, Therefore, It Is A Great Sign Of Advancement In Perfection.

Chastity Is The Lily Of Virtues, And Makes Men Almost Equal To Angels. Everything Is Beautiful In Accordance With Its Purity. Now The Purity Of Man Is Chastity, Which Is Called Honesty, And The Observance Of It, Honor And Also Integrity; And Its Contrary Is Called Corruption; In Short, It Has This Peculiar Excellence Above The Other Virtues, That It Preserves Both Soul And Body Fair And Unspotted.