"We should not break our heads at work and injure our bodies … I myself used to do such things, and I have racked my brains because I still have not overcome the bad habit of overworking. Nor shall I o…"

"The more we are afflicted in this world, the more we are conformed to Christ."

"It is enough to know simply that there is a certain inscrutable will in God, and as to what, why, and how far it wills, that is something we have no right whatever to inquire into, hanker after, care …"

"I'm like a ripe stool and the world's like a gigantic anus, and we're about to let go of each other."

"I have so much to do today that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer."