Ask Our Lord for the grace of perfect charity and the spirit of humility that causes us to acknowledge that others are better than we and we are worse than demons.

Ask God to sanctify you dear soul more and more so that, always and in all things, you may act in a holy manner.

As we empty ourselves of self and of the desire to be noticed, esteemed, and respected, God will fill our souls with graces and blessings, give to each according to the degree of perfection He demands.

As soon as we empty ourselves of self, God will fill us with himself.

As for servants, you must pay them great honor and treat them kindly, cordially, and most respectfully.

As far as poverty is concerned the Church instructs that, after using what they need for food and clothing, they should give the surplus to the poor.

An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need.

Always tend toward lowliness, and love of your own abjection, and the desire for contempt and shame.

Always remember that in the spiritual life little account is taken of the beginnings. People attach importance to the progress and the end.

Although you do not have so many talents, Our Lord will increase them for you, if He chooses.

All we have to do is walk straight ahead and do well to make everyone our friend.

All those who love the poor in life will have nothing to fear from death.

All things come to those who wait.

All things are passing, death draws near, and good works are the only things that last.

All the Orders in the Church have the same end, which is charity.

All that God does is well done; without this faith, we would be inconsolable. (VIII: 355). The poor country folk are our lot.

All that contributes to the ruin of charity comes from the evil spirit.

All our trust must be in God and we must rest assured that nothing will happen to us that God does not allow.

All officials are jealous of their authority and only with great difficulty do they recover from wounds in such a tender spot, once they thinks they have been attacked.

All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also want all of you to belong to Him.

After the storm comes the calm, and God who puts to death and raises to life, makes joy follow affliction and the effects of His power fulfill hopes based on His goodness.

Act like those good pilots who, finding themselves tossed about by the storm, redouble their courage and turn the prow of their ships against the most furious waves of the sea, which seem to rise to engulf them.

According to the world, peace and health are the treasures of life; according to the state in which you are, they are also two sources of good, since they give you the means of serving God and the people better.

Abandon yourself to God’s paternal embrace in the hope that He Himself will accomplish in you what He expects of you and will bless whatever you do for Him. Therefore keep your heart ready to receive peace and joy of the Holy Spirit.

A weathercock is no more subject to the way the wind blows than the mind of man is to exterior agitations, by which he is drawn now to one side and then to another; God permits this to try good persons and to strengthen them in Him.

A sure way for a Christian to grow rapidly in holiness is a conscientious effort to carry out God’s will in all circumstances and at all times.

A spiritual man rises above covetousness and masters it to the point of depriving himself voluntarily of his own satisfactions, but with difficulty do they succeed in truly loving the hurt that comes to them from others.

A priest should be more perfect than a religious as such, and a bishop even more so.

A plowman has to wait a long time before seeing the fruits of his plowing, and sometimes he does not see the abundant harvest his sowing has produced.

A death that finds us arms in hand is the most glorious and most desirable there is.