How fortunate we are to honor the poor family of Our Lord by the poverty and lowliness of our own (I:206).

God does not consider the outcome of the good work undertaken but the charity that accompanied it (I:205).

Humility… may this be our password (I:169).

Let us strive to rid ourselves of this miserable sensuality which makes us prisoners of its whims (I:179).

Honor the prudence, foresight, meekness, and the exactitude of Our Lord (I:178).

Let us try to act rightly that we shall have reason to trust in the infinite goodness of the Auditor of our Life, our Sovereign Judge (I:172).

The countryside is so vast! There are people by the thousand filling up hell. All the ecclesiastics, with all the religious, would not suffice to remedy this misfortune (I:166).

Beg the Lord to bind your hearts together into one, which will be His own, and to strengthen you in your work (I:163).

Place yourself complete in that holy love which is brought about by trust in God and mistrust of oneself (I:150).

Oh, what great reason people of good will have to be cheerful (I:145).