If, Therefore, A Man Will

If Anyone Would Tell You The Shortest, Surest Way To All Happiness And All Perfection, He Must Tell You To Make A Rule To Yourself To Thank And Praise God For Everything That Happens To You.

Whatever Littleness And Vanity Is To Be Observed In The Minds Of Women, It Is, Like The Cruelty Of Butchers, A Temper That Is Wrought Into Them By That Life Which They Are Taught And Accustomed To Lead.

If Religion Commands Universal Charity, To Love Our Neighbors As Ourselves, To Forgive And Pray For All Our Enemies Without Any Reserve; It Is Because All Degrees Of Love Are Degrees Of Happiness, That Strengthen And Support The Divine Life Of The Soul, And Are As Necessary To Its Health And Happiness, As Proper Food Is Necessary To The Health And Happiness Of The Body.

Now If You Will Stop Here And Ask Yourself Why You Are Not As Pious As The Primitive Christians Were, Your Own Heart Will Tell You That It Is Neither Through Ignorance Nor Inability, But Purely Because You Never Thoroughly Intended It.

If Someone Is Leaving You Behind, And You Are Becoming Jealous And Embittered, Keep Praying That He May Have Success In The Very Matter Where He Is Awakening Your Envy; And Whether He Is Helped Or Not, One Thing Is Sure, That Your Own Soul Will Be Cleansed And Ennobled.