Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
Believe in me, and trust in my mercy.
When thou thinkest I am far from thee, I am often nearest to thee.
When thou judgest that almost all is lost, then oftentimes it is that thou art in the way of the greatest gain of merit.
All is not lost, when any thing falls out otherwise than thou wouldst have it.
Thou must not judge according to the present feeling, nor give thyself up in such manner to any trouble from whencesoever it comes, nor take it so, as if all hope was gone of being delivered out of it.
4. Think not thyself wholly forsaken, although for a time I have sent thee some tribulation, or withdrawn from thee the comfort which thou desirest; for this is the way to the kingdom of heaven.
And without all doubt it is more expedient for thee, and for the rest of my servants, that you be exercised by adversities, than that you should have all things according to your inclination.
I know thy secret thoughts, I know that it is very expedient for thy soul that thou shouldest sometimes be left without gust, lest thou shouldst be puffed up with good success, and shouldst take a complaisance in thyself, imagining thyself to be what thou art not.