If God does not give us peace, we are on the eve of many evils (IV:371).

Courage gentlemen! It is God Himself who has established you in the place and duty where you are. If His glory is your goal, what can you fear, or rather, for what should you not hope? (IV:361).

Rarely is any good done without difficulty (IV:361).

By union and counsel we can achieve anything (IV:360).

Lost time can never be recovered, death is approaching, the harvest is great, the workers are few, and Our Lord is relying on you (IV:358).

It is time for you to follow Our Lord along the narrow path of a life in conformity with your vocation (IV:358).

Let us have greater confidence in God than we do; let us allow God to steer our little bark; if it is useful and pleasing to Him, He will save it from shipwreck (IV:347).

If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God (IV:329).

Our confidence is increasing that God will soon give us peace, according to the maxim that where human means fail, divine operations begin (IV:329).

Happy will we be if God finds us worthy of suffering for justice's sake and if God grants us the grace of loving humiliation and returning good for evil (IV:301).