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

The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.

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

But the blessed Bishop of Geneva taught his nuns another kind of prayer, which even the sick can make: to remain peacefully in the presence of God, manifesting our needs to Him with no other mental effort, like a poor person who uncovers his sores and by this means is more effective in inciting passers-by to do him some good than if he wore himself out trying to convince them of his need.

. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.

All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer.

There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.