The practice of charity, such as assisting the suffering members of Our Lord, is to be preferred to all other exercises (VI:514).

Things will be as God pleases; from the ashes of these servants of His, I hope He will create a large number of perfect Missionaries (VI:506).

Put your trust in the grace of God, who will not allow you to sink under the weight of things if you use moderation (VI:497).

Let us strive to conform our wills to God's will and peace of mind will be one of the many great benefits that will result from it (VI:493).

Happy are they who abandon themselves to God's guidance, confide in His goodness, and remain at peace in the midst of storms (VI:449).

A weathercock is no more subject to the way the wind blows than the mind of man is to exterior agitations, by which he is drawn now to one side and then to another; God permits this to try good persons and to strengthen them in Him (VI:449).

God be blessed for having willed all earthly things to be uncertain and perishable so that we may seek in Him alone the stability of our plans and affairs because things then turn out well for us (VI:439).

It seems to me that Our Lord is causing you and the acts of patience and conformity to His Will you practice to be regarded with joy by His heavenly court (VI:428).

God intends to make a good saint of you in paradise, since He is leading you along the way of the cross (VI:428).

How fortunate you are to be the instrument of Our Lord in forming good priests (VI:413).