Grace strengthens you in order to sanctify you and sanctifies you so that you might encourage others in the ways of salvation (III:258).

You are a prisoner for charity, or, to put it better, a prisoner for Jesus Christ. What a happiness to suffer for this great Monarch, and how many crowns await you if you persevere to the end (III:242).

O God my Lord, please be the bond of their hearts; bring to flower the effects of so many holy affections You cause them to form, and give growth to the fruits of their labors for the salvation of souls. Water with Your eternal blessings this establishment, like a new...

All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him (III:241).

The fears and mistrust you experience come from nature, and only from a distance do they have access to your heart, which is much more generous than that (III:207).

The important thing is to be aware of our weaknesses and to love the humiliation coming from them (III:207).

What reason can you have for becoming discouraged when things do not turn out right for you? (III:207)

Let us believe that all is going along the best in the world when we take no satisfaction in it (III:206).

Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them (III:206).

What would it be like if everything were favorable to us, and what right have poor people like us to expect that we will always be successful (III:206).