Sublime

2. To find glory in tribulation is not hard for one who truly loves, for to glory in this manner is to glory in the cross of our Lord. The glory exchanged among men is brief. The glory of this world is always accompanied by sadness. The glory of a good person is in his own conscience and not in the praise of others.

Introduction

No one is more confident in public than one who voluntarily retires alone. No one can more safely speak than one who knows how to refrain from speech. No one governs better than one who can live willingly under someone else. No one commands with more assurance than one who can take orders.

3. It has been said often that it is safer to accept counsel from another than to give it (see Prov 12:15).

Never did he allow the meannesses of human respect to degrade his Christian dignity.

life to

the Imitation of Christ.