Continue to give God all the affection of your heart, the applications of your mind, and the work of your hands (VIII:65).

The more persons living in religion distance themselves from poverty, the greater difficulty they will have in maintaining themselves (VIII:49).

The religious spirit must have as a point of reference that of Our Lord, who willed to practice radical poverty on earth (VIII:49).

If you want to know only Jesus Christ crucified, if you want to live only His life, have no doubt that He Himself will be your knowledge and your action (VIII:41).

I admit that virtue is accompanied by two vices: excess and default (VIII:36).

You are also asked to help the poor people to be able to earn their living in this season by supplying them with implements to gather in the harvest (VIII:27).

May Our Lord Himself be your strength and your life as He is to all those whose food is His love (VIII:20).

May God preserve you by His grace (VIII:16).

I praise God for the zeal He gives you for the advancement of His glory and the public good (VIII:13).

May God in His infinite goodness continue to give and increase His graces in you (VIII:5).