True Humility Scarcely Ever Utters

During The Night We Must Wait For The Light.

If You Have To Do With One Who Is Unquestionably A Slanderer, Do Not Excuse Him By Calling Him Frank And Free-spoken; Do Not Call One Who Is Notoriously Vain, Liberal And Elegant; Do Not Call Dangerous Levities Mere Simplicity; Do Not Screen Disobedience Under The Name Of Zeal; Or Arrogance, Of Frankness; Or Evil Intimacy, Of Friendship. No, My Friends, We Must Never, In Our Wish To Shun Slander, Foster Or Flatter Vice In Others: But We Must Call Evil Evil, And Sin Sin, And So Doing We Shall Serve God's Glory.

Do Not Desire Crosses, Unless You Have Borne Those Already Laid Upon You Well — It Is An Abuse To Long After Martyrdom While Unable To Bear An Insult Patiently.

Souls Do Not Wish To Be Bullied, But Gently Brought Back; Such Is The Nature Of Man.

Do Not Be Ashamed Of Being Poor, Or Of Asking Alms. Receive What Is Given You With Humility, And Accept A Refusal Meekly. Frequently Call To Mind Our Lady's Journey Into Egypt With Her Holy Child, And Of All The Poverty, Contempt And Suffering They Endured. If You Follow Their Example You Will Indeed Be Rich Amid Your Poverty.