If Thou Wilt Receive Profit, Read With

The Loftier The Building, The Deeper Must The Foundation Be Laid.

If You Can Win Complete Mastery Over Self, You Will Easily Master All Else. To Triumph Over Self Is The Perfect Victory.

Some People Are Tempted Most Strongly At The Beginning Of Their Spiritual Life, Others Near The End. Some Are Troubled All Their Lives. Still Others Receive Only Light Temptation. Such Things Are Decided By God, And We Can Trust His Wisdom.

No One Is So Good That He Is Immune From Temptation. We Will Never Be Entirely Free From It. . . . There Is No Order So Holy, No Place So Secret Where There Will Be No Temptation.

There Is No Man In This World Without Some Manner Of Tribulation Or Anguish, Though He Be King Or Pope.