Virtue is virtue only in so far as we make the effort to practice it (VII:203).

To live according to the Spirit that gives life we must live as our Lord lived (VII:202).

May all our houses be one single house and all the members have but one heart and one soul (VII:198).

We have to quicken our pace and redouble our ordinary exercises on certain occasions when the service of God requires it, and then God does not fail to redouble our courage and strength as well (VII:198).

God has riches in abundance; until now, you have lacked nothing; why are you fearful for the future? (VII:171).

In the name of God be attentive to the needs of those whom God has entrusted to your guidance (VII:147).

Happy are those who consume their lives for the service of Our Lord, as He Himself consumed His for the salvation of humankind (VII:146).

I ask Our Lord to continue to grant you His graces and to increase them so that you may go on growing from strength to strength (VII:146).

What could grace not do if you did not put obstacles in its way? (VII:143).

We must continue to do good, even though people of the world may criticize us (VII:105).