I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk of their lives! They are like unrefined gold, which becomes visible in fire and which would otherwise remain hidden under ordinary actions and sometimes under faults and failings.

Always be quite simple and sincere and ask God to grant me those two virtues.

Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.

Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.

So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.

Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.

. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.