You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must find your consolation in Our Lord, who could prevent this misfortune and who is not doing so.

If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.

Divine Providence is never wanting in things undertaken at Its command. Even though the whole world should rise up and destroy us, nothing could happen but what is pleasing to God. The less there is of man in affairs, the more there is of God.

He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.

Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.

We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.

Things arrange themselves with time. Only God can have everything to His liking; His servants should act as Our Lord did.