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

One beautiful diamond is worth more than a mountain of stones, and one virtuous act of acquiescence and submission is better than an abundance of good works done for others.

It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by being too uncompromising.

God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.

It is a good sign when He burdens us with [crosses] and we carry them well, but woe to the person who runs away from them, for he will find such heavy ones that they will overwhelm him.

Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.

The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways; they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise again; and if, instead of stopping to grumble about the stone they have tripped over, they humble themselves at their fall, this helps them to advance with great strides in his love.