Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.

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

I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

If you no longer have any income, you will not be neglected-you will not starve to death. . . . We panic at first, but God does not always allow the evil that is feared to happen.

...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs