Let us have greater confidence in God than we do; let us allow God to steer our little bark; if it is useful and pleasing to Him, He will save it from shipwreck (IV:347).

If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God (IV:329).

Our confidence is increasing that God will soon give us peace, according to the maxim that where human means fail, divine operations begin (IV:329).

Happy will we be if God finds us worthy of suffering for justice’s sake and if God grants us the grace of loving humiliation and returning good for evil (IV:301).

God often wants to build lasting benefits on the patience of those who undertake them (IV:290).

God’s providence will never fail us as long as we do not fail in His service (IV:284).

God Himself will be your support and your courage, all the more complete since you will have no refuge or trust but in Him alone (IV:283).

How happy are those who bear their cross lovingly in imitation of the Master (IV:283).

How happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them (IV:267).

We should help and support one another and strive for peace and union among ourselves. This is the wine that cheers and strengthens travelers along this narrow path of Jesus Christ (IV:265).