There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.

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

Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.

There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?

In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.

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