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 There is no stay, no support to seek out of Jesus. He alone changeth not. What happiness to think that He can never change!

The sole happiness upon earth consists in hiding oneself and remaining in total ignorance of created things.

Far from dazzling me all the titles of nobility appear to me but empty vanity. I have understood those words of the Imitation: "Be not solicitous for the shadow of a great name." I have understood that true greatness is found not in the name but in the soul.

The Prophet tells us that ''the Lord God shall call His servants by'' ; and we read in St. John: "To him that overcometh, I will give a white counter, and in the counter a new name written, which no man knoweth but he that receiveth."