Christian Scriver

"O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears, and sighs, and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that!"

"In the school of Christ they are the best scholars who continue learning to the last."

"My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and through life and death, to force my way unto Thee."

"Never have I greater reason for suspicion than when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my prayers, and my alms."

"The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things — to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life."

"My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will."

"My God, I ask not of Thee the leaves of external consequence; I will be content to continue simple, lowly, and plain, if Thou wilt only give me grace to serve Thee and my neighbor. Outward pomp withers like a flower, but inward worth lasts even after death."

"It is self-love, and its offspring, self-deception, which shut the gates of heaven, and lead men, as in a delicious dream, to hell."

"O my God! close my eyes that I may see Thee; separate me from the world that I may enjoy Thy company."

"As this brook not merely washes off impurities, but overwhelms them, so that they can no longer be found, even so Thy Divine mercy, and the stream of my Saviours blood, not only purge away, but extinguish my sins, sweeping them into the depths of the sea, where through all eternity they shall be remembered no more."

"Jesus, save me from the infatuation of avarice! I too will lay up a treasure, but Thou shalt have the keeping of it."

"Be less concerned about the number of the books you read, and more about the good use you make of them. The best of books is the Bible."