O Lord, I Do Most Cheerfully Commit

There Is A Set Of Religious, Or Rather Moral, Writings Which Teach That Virtue Is The Certain Road To Happiness, And Vice To Misery In This World. A Very Wholesome And Comfortable Doctrine, And To Which We Have But One Objection, Namely, That It Is Not True.

If We Had Strength And Faith Enough To Trust Ourselves Entirely To God; And Follow Him Simply Wherever He Should Lead Us, We Should Have No Need Of Any Great Effort Of Mind To Reach Perfection.

There Are Two Principal Points Of Attention Necessary For The Preservation Of This Constant Spirit Of Prayer Which Unites Us With God; We Must Continually Seek To Cherish It, And We Must Avoid Everything That Tends To Make Us Lose It.

The Kingdom Of God Which Is Within Us Consists In Our Willing Whatever God Wills, Always, In Every Thing, And Without Reservation; And Thus His Kingdom Comes; For His Will Is Then Done As It Is In Heaven, Since We Will Nothing But What Is Dictated By His Sovereign Pleasure.

Children Are Excellent Observers, And Will Often Perceive Your Slightest Defects. In General, Those Who Govern Children, Forgive Nothing In Them, But Everything In Themselves