In order to raise a soul to the highest perfection God allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats (IV:37).

You have already overcome the greatest difficulties, so you must take courage and hope that God will grant you the grace of overcoming the lesser ones (IV:21).

Perseverance is needed on the narrow path on which we have entered (IV:21).

Nature grows weary of austerity (IV:21).

We have to borrow money to feed ourselves and for the relief of the poor (IV:19).

We belong to God and His Providence, ready to comply with His orders as soon as they are made known. Would to Our Lord that they were already known (IV:16).

It is the daily bread, the bread of the elect, which we must often ask of Him and make every effort to bread and share with the children of the house, the poor, so that they may make good use of their poverty and not lose the kingdom that belongs to them (IV:15).

All officials are jealous of their authority and only with great difficulty do they recover from wounds in such a tender spot, once they think they have been attacked (IV:12).

The laborers of the Gospel are treasures who deserve to be well taken care of (IV:3).

There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves (III:616).