Man beholds the face; but God looks upon the heart.
Man considers the actions; but God weighs the intentions.
To do always well, and to hold one's self in small account, is a mark of an humble soul.
To refuse a comfort from any created thing, is a sign of great purity and interior confidence.
4. He that seeks no outward testimony for himself, shews plainly, that he has committed himself wholly to God.
For not he that commendeth himself, saith St. Paul, is approved, but he whom God commendeth. 2 Corinthians x.
To walk with God within, and not to be held by any affection without, is the state of an internal man.
Chap. VII.
Of the love of Jesus above all things.
1. Blessed is he who knows what it is to love Jesus, and to despise himself for the sake of Jesus.