[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love.

That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters.

Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim

I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.

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

You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time

Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.