We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.

Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...

...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons.

And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?

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

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

I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk of their lives! They are like unrefined gold, which becomes visible in fire and which would otherwise remain hidden under ordinary actions and sometimes under faults and failings.