We Should Not Think That

I Cannot Persuade Myself That Without Love To Others, And Without, As Far As Rests With Me, Peaceableness Toward All, I Can Be Called A Worthy Servant Of Jesus Christ.

You Have Heaven Adorned, Earth Beautified, The Sea Populated With Its Own Creatures, The Air Filled With Birds Which Scour It In Every Direction. Studious Listener, Think Of All These Creations Which God Has Drawn Out Of Nothing; . . . Recognize Everywhere The Wisdom Of God; Never Cease To Wonder, And, Through Every Creature, To Glorify The Creator.

We Need Not Only Read Sacred Scripture, But Learn It As Well And Grow Up In It. Realize That Nothing Is Written In Scripture Unnecessarily. Not To Read Sacred Scripture Is A Great Evil.

Science Which Is Acquired Unwillingly, Soon Disappears; That Which Is Instilled Into The Mind In A Pleasant And Agreeable Manner, Is More Lasting.

If Someone Has Repented Once Of A Sin, And Again Does The Same Sin, This Is A Sign That He Has Not Been Cleansed Of The Causes Of The Sin, Wherefrom, As From A Root, The Shoots Spring Forth Again.