Once the process [of conversion] is begun and continues. . . you are continually turning inward toward God and away from your own egocentricity. . . you have to see this selfish side of yourself in order to turn away from it. I measure God by everything I am not. I begin with that.
Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,Both thanks and use.