To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. |
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. |
Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; and so it is with man's mind. |
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can / namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. |
We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty. |
What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people! |