Let us ask God for the grace for all of us to carry our crosses well so that we may be worthy children of that cross which begot us in His love, and by which we hope to praise Him and possess Him forever in the eternity of the ages (IV:88).

Suspicions are often deceiving (IV:85).

Happy the missionaries who will persevere in the service that is so hard for them but so profitable for the neighbor (IV:80).

Let us strive to distinguish ourselves from others only by great submission, deference, and the practice of the virtues which constitute a true missionary (IV:62).

Blessed are those who converse on this earth only to snatch souls from it so as to raise them up to God (IV:57).

God be praised that people say the Company knows the things of God but knows men very little (IV:57).

We are more sensitive to pain than to pleasure, to the prick of a rose than to its fragrance (IV:55).

A spiritual man rises above covetousness and masters it to the point of depriving himself voluntarily of his own satisfactions, but with difficulty do they succeed in truly loving the hurt that comes to them from others (IV:55).

Our principal aim is the instruction of the country people, and the service we render to the ecclesiastical state is merely accessory to that (IV:48).

Give yourself to God and declare to Him that you desire to serve Him in the way most pleasing to Him (IV:37).