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

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

Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.

We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.

[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking of advice, we must reject and consider as a temptation whatever is suggested to the contrary.

I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with me with so much patience and forbearance, and how weak and miserable I am to abuse his mercies so greatly!

God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.