We Should Not Think That We Achieve

... The More Have Been Your Trials, Look For A More Perfect Reward From Your Just Judge. Do Not Take Your Present Troubles Ill. Do Not Lose Hope. Yet A Little While And Your Helper Will Come To You And Will Not Tarry (cf. Hab. 2:3).

There Is Nothing Unpremeditated, Nothing Neglected By God. His Unsleeping Eye Beholds All Things.

We Need Not Only Read Sacred Scripture, But Learn It As Well And Grow Up In It. Realize That Nothing Is Written In Scripture Unnecessarily. Not To Read Sacred Scripture Is A Great Evil.

You Can See That A City Is Prosperous By The Wealth Of Goods For Sale In The Market. Land Too We Call Prosperous If It Bears Rich Fruit. And So Also The Soul May Be Counted Prosperous If It Is Full Of Good Works Of Every Kind.

We Glorify The Holy Ghost Together With The Father And The Son, From The Conviction That He Is Not Separated From The Divine Nature; For That Which Is Foreign By Nature Does Not Share In The Same Honors.