Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit." Blessed

It Is Only By Fidelity In Little Things That The Grace Of True Love To God Can Be Sustained, And Distinguished From A Passing Fervor Of Spirit. . . . No One Can Well Believe That Our Piety Is Sincere, When Our Behavior Is Lax And Irregular In Its Little Details. What Probability Is There That We Should Not Hesitate To Make The Greatest Sacrifices, When We Shrink From The Smallest?

Fear Is Like The Strong Medicine Used To Fight Serious Diseases; It Purges, But It Also Alters Your Temperament And Wears Out The Body Organs. A Person Who Is Driven By Fear Will Always Be The Weaker For It

Despondency Is Not A State Of Humility; On The Contrary, It Is The Vexation And Despair Of A Cowardly Pride--nothing Is Worse; Whether We Stumble Or Whether We Fall, We Must Only Think Of Rising Again And Going On In Our Course.

As To Our Friend , I Pray God To Bestow Upon Him A Simplicity That Shall Give Him Peace . Happy Are They Indeed Who Can Bear Their Sufferings In The Enjoyment Of This Simple Peace And Perfect Acquiesence In The Will Of God.

You Can Often Help Others More By Correcting Your Own Faults Than Theirs. Remember, And You Should, Because Of Your Own Experience, That Allowing God To Correct Your Faults Is Not Easy. Be Patient With People, Wait For God To Work With Them As He Wills.