If temptations are necessary for everyone, they are also a source of merit for those to whom God grants the grace of turning all things to good (III:342).

Man's life is nothing but temptation, and no one is exempt from it (III:342).

I think the trouble caused in religious Orders by the brothers arises from the fact that they are kept in too lowly a position. Here we want to treat our Brothers as servants, even though it is true to say that most of them are more virtuous than most of us. (III:319).

Honey from your hive flows even into this house and serves as food for its children (III:275).

We are poor people more liable to turn aside His blessings than to draw them down (III:275).

Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on (III:272).

O Divine Goodness, unite in this way all hearts in the Little Company of the Mission, then order whatever you please. Labor will be sweet to them and every task easy; the strong person will relieve the weak one, and the weak will cherish the strong and obtain...

Grace strengthens you in order to sanctify you and sanctifies you so that you might encourage others in the ways of salvation (III:258).

You are a prisoner for charity, or, to put it better, a prisoner for Jesus Christ. What a happiness to suffer for this great Monarch, and how many crowns await you if you persevere to the end (III:242).

O God my Lord, please be the bond of their hearts; bring to flower the effects of so many holy affections You cause them to form, and give growth to the fruits of their labors for the salvation of souls. Water with Your eternal blessings this establishment, like a new...