. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.

Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.

You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.

I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.

I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk of their lives! They are like unrefined gold, which becomes visible in fire and which would otherwise remain hidden under ordinary actions and sometimes under faults and failings.

[R]est assured that, when you remain thus in the state in which obedience has placed you, the merit of this same obedience extends over everything you do, giving each action inestimable value, even when things do not turn out as you wish.

. . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.