We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.

Experience has shown us that virtue puts down only shallow roots in those who are there for just a short time

. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.

We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.

Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.

Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own.

Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.