He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.

The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.

God will not be outdone in generosity.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.