[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.

...a great good is worth being long desired.

Practice humility and patience.

All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him

But the blessed Bishop of Geneva taught his nuns another kind of prayer, which even the sick can make: to remain peacefully in the presence of God, manifesting our needs to Him with no other mental effort, like a poor person who uncovers his sores and by this means is more effective in inciting passers-by to do him some good than if he wore himself out trying to convince them of his need.

I have heard that M. Guesdon is dictating lessons to his seminarians. This is contrary to the custom of the Company and a somewhat ineffective way of teaching, since the students rely on their notes and do not exercise either their judgment or their memory, In this way, their minds remain empty while they pile up papers which they will perhaps never look at again.

Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.