Every walk of life has its joys and sorrows; we have to drink both of them. Heaven suffers violence and we must renounce ourselves to follow Our Lord (VII:333).

If you are burdened by those vows it is because you do not submit your will to the yoke of Jesus Christ (VII:333).

By binding yourself entirely to God, Our Lord will bind Himself to you more closely than ever and will be your strength in weakness, your joy in sorrow and your steadfastness in times of indecision (VII:310).

Always tend toward lowliness, and love of your own abjection, and the desire for contempt and shame (VII:305).

Delay has not spoiled anything up until now, and I hope it will spoil nothing in the future (VII:304).

Remember that patience is as necessary to bear with ourselves as charity is to bear with the neighbor. May God be pleased to give us both (VII:291).

I ask Our Lord to be the Spirit of your spirit and the strength of you arm in order to destroy ignorance and sin, two monsters in God's Church (VII:271).

Good friends share the good things and bad things that happen to them (VII:267).

May Our Lord be pleased to be ever more glorified in and through you, to enlighten you in your doubts, and to strengthen you in your heavy labors (VII:261).

It is to be wished that you might have a little more charity for members of the Company passing through (VII:259).