God does nothing without some good purpose (XI:276).

The depravity of the ecclesiastical state is the principal cause of the ruin of God’s Church (XI:279).

O how fortunate we are to be in a Company that professes to run to the relief of the neighbor (XI:331).

The ways of God are incomprehensible and hidden from the eyes of humans, who can’t understand them (XI:337).

The Little Company strives to serve persons who are poor, the well-beloved of God (XI:349).

Let us acknowledge before God that the poor are our lords and masters and that we are unworthy of rendering them our little services (XI:349).

God asks for our good will, a firm, genuine disposition to seize every opportunity of serving Him (XI:357).

Doing good isn’t everything; it must be done well, in imitation of Our Lord (XI:43).

While Christ recommends the simplicity of a dove He tells us to have the prudence of a serpent as well… this means that we should speak and behave with discretion (XIIIb:435).

Jesus the Lord expects us to have the simplicity of a dove… this means giving a straightforward opinion about things in the way we honestly see them (XIIIb:434).