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.

It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.

[A] truly humble spirit humbles itself as much amid honors as amid insults, acting like the honeybee which makes its honey equally as well from the dew that falls on the wormwood as from that which falls on the rose.

Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!

Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.