One hath said, “As oft as I have gone among men, so oft have I returned less a man.” This is what we often experience when we have been long time in … - Thomas à Kempis

For our worthiness and growth in grace lieth not in many delights and consolations, but rather in bearing many troubles and adversities.

There is no more grievous and deadly enemy to the soul than thou art to thyself, if thou art not led by the Spirit.

We ought daily to renew our vows, and to kindle our hearts to zeal, as if each day were the first day of our conversion, and to say, “Help me, O God, in my good resolutions, and in Thy holy service, and grant that this day I may make a good beginning, for hitherto I have done nothing!”