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Praise Adds Nothing To Your Holiness, Nor Does Blame Take Anything From It. You Are What You Are, And You Cannot Be Said To Be Better Than You Are In God's Sight.

Dispose Thyself To Patience Rather Than To Comfort, And To The Bearing Of The Cross Rather Than To Gladness.

Set Not Thyself To Attain Much Rest, But Much Patience.

He Who Loves With Purity Considers Not The Gift Of The Lover, But The Love Of The Giver.

Jesus Has Many Lovers Of His Kingdom Of Heaven, But He Has Few Bearers Of His Cross. Many Desire His Consolation, But Few Desire His Tribulation. He Finds Many Comrades In Eating And Drinking, But He Finds Few Hands Who Will Be With Him In His Abstinence And Fastingbut Those Who Love Jesus Purely For Himself, And Not For Their Own Profit Or Convenience, Bless Him As Heartily In Temptation And Tribulation And In All Other Adversities As They Do In Time Of Consolation. And If He Never Sent Them Consolation, They Would Still Bless And Praise Him.