Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.

[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.

(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues; (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay.

A man who behaves poorly in a Community will not do well in a parish.

Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.

It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by being too uncompromising.

. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.