God is with the simple and humble; He assists them, blesses their work, blesses their undertakings (XII:21).

O human wretchedness! O cursed pride! How much trouble you cause! (XII:21).

My intention is always to call you brothers… that’s the term Our Lord used with his Apostles (XII:18).

What the eye sees affects us much more than what the ear hears and we believe in a good that we see rather than in one we hear (XII:15).

We must consult God to learn his language and ask that He himself speak in us and through us (XII:13).

We must set ourselves aside in order to be in communion with God (XII:13).

We have all been called by God to work on a masterpiece (XII:13).

If the Church’s ministers are good and they do their duty, all will go well (XII:13).

I hope that your past fidelity to these rules and your patience in waiting so long for them will obtain for you from the goodness of God the grace to observe them with greater ease in the future (XII:10).

Imitate the way Our Lord acted, who began to do before He began to teach (XII:5).