There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves.

To this end, we should help and support one another and strive for peace and union among ourselves. This is the wine that cheers and strengthens travelers along the narrow path of Jesus Christ.

Good works are often spoiled by moving too quickly. . . . The good which God desires is accomplished almost by itself, without our even thinking of it.

Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.

There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.

When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.

With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?