If there are any among us who think they are in the mission to evangelize the poor people but not to alleviate their sufferings, to take of their spiritual needs but not their temporal ones, I reply that we have to help them and have them assisted in every way, by us and by others (XII:77).

The Church has no worse enemies than priests. It is through priests that heretics have prevailed, vice has reigned, and ignorance has set up its throne among the poor people (XII:76).

How much our hearts should be on fire with love for this ministry of assisting poor people and for devoting ourselves earnestly to it because the need is so great and God expects this of us (XII:73).

Our mission is to make God known to poor persons; to announce Jesus Christ to them; to tell them that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and that it is for persons who are poor (XII:71).

The more perfectly we practice virtue, the more pleasing we are to God (XII:69).

When learning, the gift of leadership, and sound judgment are found in the same person, what a treasure! (XII:45)

Let us aspire to take Jesus as a model in the way He acted and what He did (XII:76).

Those suffering from illness in the Company are the blessing of the Company (XII:26).

What is the meaning of the word missionary? It means a person who is sent (XII:24).

Missioners are those who have God alone in view, their own salvation and that of their neighbor; those who have no other attachment than the one that unites them more closely to God (XII:23).