[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.

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.

It is no wonder you are tempted; on the contrary, it would be something new if you were not, because man's life is nothing but temptation, and no one is exempt from it, especially those who have given themselves to God; his own Son even passed through this trial. But if it is necessary for everyone, it is also a source of merit for those to whom God grants the grace of turning all things to good, as you do.

Perfection consists in a constant perseverance to acquire the virtues and become proficient in their practice, because on God's road, not to advance is to fall back since man never remains in the same condition.

. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.

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

If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.