You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time

If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.

God has granted me today a very particular fondness for requesting of Him that same virtue of ever choosing the worst and that which is contrary to my own liking.

It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.

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

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

[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.