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).

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

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

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

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

Humility is in no way contrary to magnanimity (XI:273).

Let’s ask God to give the Company this spirit, this heart, this heart that causes us to go everywhere (XI:264).

Let's be like that little peasant who was carrying a sack and, seeing his master kneel down to pray did the same, with his little sack on his back. When asked what he was doing, he said, "I'm asking God to do what you're requesting of him; I'm a poor idiot who doesn't...

Simplicity converts everyone (XI:259).

We preach mainly by good example (XI:252).