Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?

[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything you do, giving each action inestimable value, even when things do not turn out as you wish.

. . . God is pleased to communicate himself to the simple and humble and to use the smallest and lowliest to make them great and exalted. In a word, it is He Himself who has called and approved them and even inspired their humble manner of living.

I have made to God the offering you made to me of your heart and have asked him to unite mine with yours in that of Our Lord.

O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!

[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.

[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.