Gladly We Desire To Make Other Men

O Lord, Self-renunciation Is Not The Work Of One Day, Nor Children's Sport; Yea, Rather In This Word Is Included All Perfection.

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.

He That Loveth, Flieth, Runneth, And Rejoiceth. He Is Free, And Cannot Be Held In. He Giveth All For All, And Hath All In All, Because He Resteth In One Highest Above All Things, From Whom All That Is Good Flows And Proceeds.

Old Custom Is Hard To Break And Scarce Any Man Will Be Led Otherwise Than Seemeth Good Unto Himself.

Do Not Be Influenced By The Importance Of The Writer, And Whether His Learning Be Great Or Small, But Let The Love Of Pure Truth Draw You To Read. Do Not Inquire, Who Said This? But Pay Attention To What Is Said.