You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.

I beg you to show the greatest possible reverence and honor for the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things, whether on earth or in heaven, have been brought to peace and reconciled with Almighty God

Preach always. Use words if necessary.

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.

We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.