On the day of Judgment, surely we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how well we have lived.
If only their lives had kept pace with their learning. Then their study and reading would have been worthwhile.
True peace of heart, then, is found in resisting passions, not in following them.
Our fervor and progress ought to increase day by day. Yet it is now considered noteworthy if a man can retain even a part of his first fervor. If we did a little violence to ourselves at the start, we should afterwards be able to do all things with ease and joy.
A man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
Some, guarded against great temptations, are frequently overcome by small ones in order that, humbled by their weakness in small trials, may not presume upon their strength in great ones.
If, after being admonished once or twice, a person does not amend do not argue with him but commit the whole matter to God that His will and honor may be furthered in all His servants. For God knows well how to turn evil to good. Try to bear patiently with the defects and infirmities of others, whatever they may be, because you also have many a fault which others must endure. If you cannot make yourself what you would wish to be, how can you bend others to your will? We want them to be perfect, yet we do not correct our own faults. We wish them to be severly corrected yet we do not correct ourselves.
If only their lives had kept pace with their learning. Then their study and reading would have been worthwhile.
True peace of heart, then, is found in resisting passions, not in following them.
Our fervor and progress ought to increase day by day. Yet it is now considered noteworthy if a man can retain even a part of his first fervor. If we did a little violence to ourselves at the start, we should afterwards be able to do all things with ease and joy.
A man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
Some, guarded against great temptations, are frequently overcome by small ones in order that, humbled by their weakness in small trials, may not presume upon their strength in great ones.
If, after being admonished once or twice, a person does not amend do not argue with him but commit the whole matter to God that His will and honor may be furthered in all His servants. For God knows well how to turn evil to good. Try to bear patiently with the defects and infirmities of others, whatever they may be, because you also have many a fault which others must endure. If you cannot make yourself what you would wish to be, how can you bend others to your will? We want them to be perfect, yet we do not correct our own faults. We wish them to be severly corrected yet we do not correct ourselves.
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