The spirit of God proceeds discreetly and always humbly (II:278).

In the seminary there is more need of piety and passable knowledge with an understanding of chant, ceremonies, preaching and the teaching of catechism than of a great deal of doctrine (II:266).

The spirit of the Mission must be to seek its greatness in lowliness and its reputation in the love of its abjection (II:265).

Let us trust that Our Lord will bring about what He wishes to be done among us (II:237).

It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes (II:226).

In order to become soundly virtuous it is advisable to make good practical resolution concerning particular acts of the virtues and to be faithful in carrying them out afterward. Without doing that, one is often virtuous only in one's imagination (II:217).

Take care of your poor life. Be content with consuming it little by little for Divine Love. It is not your own; it belongs to the Author of Life, for love of whom you must preserve it until He asks it of you (II:211).

God compensates for and accomplishes in a divine way what men and women are not able to do in a human way (II:199).

Although you do not have so many talents, Our Lord will increase them for you, if He chooses (II:191).

Your concerns do not depend on a house, but on the continuation of God's blessing on the work (II:189).