We Are Sometimes Stirred By Emotion And

Learned Arguments Do Not Make A Man Holy And Righteous, Whereas A Good Life Makes Him Dear To God.

The More Spiritual A Man Desires To Be, The More Bitter Does His Present Life Become To Him; Because He Sees More Clearly And Perceives More Sensibly The Defects Of Human Corruption.

Few Spirits Are Made Better By The Pain And Languor Of Sickness; As Few Great Pilgrims Become Eminent Saints.

If We Live In Peace Ourselves, We In Turn May Bring Peace To Others. A Peaceable Man Does More Good Than A Learned One.

Oh How Swiftly The Glory Of The World Passes Away! If Only The Lives Of These Men Had Been As Admirable As Their Learning, Their Study And Reading Would Have Been To Good Purpose! But How Many In This World Care Little For The Service Of God, And Perish In Their Vain Learning. Because They Choose To Be Great Rather Than Humble, They Perish In Their Own Conceit.