Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.

In order to become soundly virtuous, it is advisable to make good practical resolutions concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying the out afterwards. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination.

do not be surprised by your trials, since the Son of God has chosen them for our salvation.

... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.

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

. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a little diffident about mine. But there is no harm done; I hope you will soon be over this slight jealousy and be convinced that nothing can change the genuine affection Our Lord has given me for you

Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!