Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.

Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do.

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.

Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.

[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.

We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to follow Jesus Christ.