Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

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

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

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

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