So, our vocation is to go, not just to one parish, not just to one diocese, but all over the world; and do what? To set people's hearts on fire, to do what the Son of God did. He came to set the world on fire in order to inflame it with His love.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better.

Things arrange themselves with time. Only God can have everything to His liking; His servants should act as Our Lord did.

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

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

Rarely is any good done without difficulty; the devil is too subtle and the world too corrupt not to attempt to nip such a good work in the bud