It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.

God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.

The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God!

...Omit nothing which can advance his work, and not blame others for the delay.

You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must find your consolation in Our Lord, who could prevent this misfortune and who is not doing so.

Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences

[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.