God alone and the desire of His glory - nothing else matters.

Let us never lose courage or despair of God's mercy. We have only to humble ourselves before God in order to obtain grace to become all that we ought to be.

Profit by the little trials that come to you, for through them we make real progress.

Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.

Love aright and you will never be sad. Embrace God's will and you will be filled with joy and peace.

Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did.

The dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of success in our work here. If a saint had been in charge, all would have gone well.