The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem; apart from that, no.

Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.

And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?

People are made in such a way that even the holiest ones are liable to offend one another.

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.

With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?