“Time is equivalent to what can be done or gained by it. At the beginning of the new year, therefore, we wish that it be happy because we know that there is no greater melancholy or sadness than to use time for any purpose but the supreme one, which is the salvation...
“In what does your life consist except two things: (1) Active duties; and (2) passive circumstances. The first is under your control; do these in God’s name. The second is outside your control; these submit to in God’s name. Consider only the present; leave the past...