It Is Better To Die Than To

True Piety Hath In It Nothing Weak, Nothing Sad, Nothing Constrained. It Enlarges The Heart; It Is Simple, Free, And Attractive.

The Blood Of A Nation Ought Never To Be Shed Except For Its Own Preservation In The Utmost Extremity.

Alas! How Many Souls There Are Full Of Self, And Yet Desirous Of Doing Good And Serving God, But In Such A Way As To Suit Themselves; Who Desire To Impose Rules Upon God As To His Manner Of Drawing Them To Himself. They Want To Serve And Possess Him, But They Are Not Willing To Be Possessed By Him.

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit." Blessed Are They Who Are Stripped Of Every Thing, Even Of Their Own Wills, That They May No Longer Belong To Themselves.

Faith Is Letting Down Our Nets Into The Transparent Deeps At The Divine Command, Not Knowing What We Shall Draw.