Self-Knowledge

I have cause to loathe myself,
and not to seek self-honour,
for no one desires to commend his own dunghill.

True Religion

Help me ...
never to judge my religion bu occasional
impressions and impulses, but by my
constant and prevailing disposition

Consecration and Worship

...When I have done all I can to eternity,

I shall not be able to offer more than

a small fraction of the homage

that the glorious God deserves.

The Nevers of the Gospel

[May I] never make piety a dress but a habit,
not only a habit but a nature,
not only a nature but a life.

A Neophyte’s Devotion

I will not love a world that crucified him,
neither cherish nor endure the sin
that put him to grief,
nor suffer him to be wounded by others.