“It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self.”

“The world promises things that are temporal and small, and it is served with great eagerness. I (Christ) promise things that are great and eternal, and the hearts of mortals are slow to stir.”

“He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.”

“For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.”

“Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.”

“Two things specially avail unto improvement in holiness, namely firmness to withdraw ourselves from the sin to which by nature we are most inclined, and earnest zeal for that good in which we are most lacking.”

“Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things are lawful for itself and all things are possible”