“We may never become accustomed to untrue and unjust criticism of us but we ought not to be immobilized by it.”

“God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.”

“One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful; we take for granted what God has done for us. We let what once was a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to goodness, it becomes routine; it doesn’t really excite us anymore.”

“We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.”

“But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present?”

“It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are neverable to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.”