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).

A sure way for a Christian to grow rapidly in holiness is a conscientious effort to carry out God’s will in all circumstances and at all times (XIIIb:433-434).

Virtue loves discernment and can never be excessive– neither too little nor too much (XIIIb:196).

To wear oneself out for God, to have happiness and strength only to consume them for God, is to do what Our Lord Himself did, who exhausted Himself for love of His Father (XIIIb:195).