 But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor. Topics: Service, Knowledge, Deception |
| Man sees your actions, but God your motives. Topics: Service |
| Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. Topics: Service, Knowledge |
| He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater. Topics: Sin |
| It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. Topics: Sin, Repentance |
| Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you. Topics: Submission, The Cross |
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| If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it. Topics: Suffering, Perseverance, The Cross |
| We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. Topics: Temptation |
| There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish, though he be king or pope. Topics: Tribulation |
| A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit. Topics: Truth |
| Influence never dies; every act, emotion, look and word makes influence tell for good or evil, happiness or woe, through the long future of eternity. Topics: Virtue, Eternity |
| The highest and most profitable learning is the knowledge of ourselves. To have a low opinion of our own merits, and to think highly of others, is an evidence of wisdom. Topics: Wisdom, Learning |
