"God told Abraham to quit the land of Ur, because in it he would not be able to sanctify himself. He made Lot, also, leave Gommorrha, although he was a saint in the midst of that abominable city. God acted prudently. The highest prudence, and the most laudable, is to shun danger. Who is that [...]
"Nothing is more frightfully true than this principle, namely, that what has once enslaved us always retains its power over us, even after our deliverance. It is the law of strength against weakness, the chastisement that sin brings with it. Hence it is, that so many persons converted and purified, fall back on the first [...]
"If you want to avenge yourself on the devil and free yourselves more quickly from temptation, ask the superior, as soon as a temptation comes to you, to give you some lowly office to do, or do some such thing, as best you can, on our own initiative, studying as you do it how to [...]