“My child, I am the Lord Who gives strength in the day of trouble. Come to Me when all is not well with you. Your tardiness in turning to prayer is the greatest obstacle to heavenly consolation, for before you pray earnestly to Me you first seek many comforts and take pleasure in outward things. Thus, all things are of little profit to you until you realize that I am the one Who saves those who trust in Me, and that outside of Me there is no worth-while help, or any useful counsel or lasting remedy.”

“My child, I am the Lord Who gives strength in the day of trouble. Come to Me when all is not well with you. Your tardiness in turning to prayer is the greatest obstacle to heavenly consolation, for before you pray earnestly to Me you first seek many comforts and take pleasure in outward things. Thus, all things are of little profit to you until you realize that I am the one Who saves those who trust in Me, and that outside of Me there is no worth-while help, or any useful counsel or lasting remedy.”

“Go where thou wilt, seek what thou wilt, and thou shalt not find a higher way above, nor a safer way below, than the way of the holy Cross."- Thomas A Kempis (The Following of Christ)”

“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?”

“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”

“Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.”

“Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.”

“A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.”

“The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.”

“Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it.”

“All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.”

“Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.”