Thou Shalt Ever Joy At Eventide If

Love Is A Mighty Power, A Great And Complete Good. Love Alone Lightens Every Burden, And Makes Rough Places Smooth. It Bears Every Hardship As Though It Were Nothing, And Renders All Bitterness Sweet And Acceptable.

Leave Off That Excessive Desire Of Knowing; Therein Is Found Much Distraction. There Are Many Things The Knowledge Of Which Is Of Little Or No Profit To The Soul.

The Good Devout Man First Makes Inner Preparation For The Actions He Has Later To Perform. His Outward Actions Do Not Draw Him Into Lust And Vice; Rather It Is He Who Bends Them Into The Shape Of Reason And Right Judgement. Who Has A Stiffer Battle To Fight Than The Man Who Is Striving To Conquer Himself.

Bodily Exercises Are To Be Done Discreetly; Not To Be Taken Evenly And Alike By All Men.

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.