We Are Often Moved With Passion And

Leave Off That Excessive Desire Of Knowing; Therein Is Found Much Distraction. There Are Many Things The Knowledge Of Which Is Of Little Or No Profit To The Soul.

When Anger Enters The Mind, Wisdom Departs.

Let Temporal Things Serve Thy Use, But The Eternal Be The Object Of Thy Desire.

It Is Vanity To Desire A Long Life And To Take No Heed Of A Good Life.

If Thou Hadst Simplicity And Purity, Thou Wouldst Be Able To Comprehend All Things Without Error, And Behold Them Without Danger. The Pure Heart Safely Pervades Not Only Heaven, But Hell.