God has been pleased to compose this Little Company of persons of lowly condition and average intelligence. By his mercy, however, they have good will, which, by His grace, is increasing in them daily.

Humility is in no way contrary to magnanimity.

God does nothing without some good purpose.

God does not consider the outcome of the good work undertaken but the charity that accompanied it.

God determines some things for certain times, which He does not want at others.

God compensates for and accomplishes in a divine way what men and women are not able to do in a human way.

God be praised that you are ready to do His Will in all things and everywhere and to go to live and die wherever He chooses to call you.

God be praised that people say the Company knows the things of God but knows men very little.

God be praised that He is the sole foundation of your hope.

God be praised for granting you the grace of clothing Our Lord in His poor members, most of whom had nothing but rags to cover them and several children were as naked as the back of my hand.

God be blessed for having willed all earthly things to be uncertain and perishable so that we may seek in Him alone the stability of our plans and affairs because things then turn out well for us.

God asks for our good will, a firm, genuine disposition to seize every opportunity of serving Him.

Go and do what you can for your part and God will do the rest. (XII: 139). Of ourselves we can do nothing but spoil everything.

Give yourselves to God, do not be burdensome, treat every individual with gentleness and respect, always using kind words and requests.

Give yourself to God and declare to Him that you desire to serve Him in the way most pleasing to Him.

Gentleness causes us to master our passions.

Forbearance is the bond of friendship that unites hearts in sentiment and action not only among themselves but in Our Lord, in such a way that they enjoy great peace.

Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on.

Experience has taught us that those who do not conduct themselves well in community do no better as pastors.

Excess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.

Everyone says that the missionary spirit is one of humility and simplicity… take hold of it.

Everyone loves simple, candid people who do not use subtleties or tricks, who are straightforward and speak sincerely, with the result that whatever they say comes from their heart.

Everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands and by the most amiable corrections as well.

Every walk of life has its joys and sorrows; we have to drink both of them. Heaven suffers violence and we must renounce ourselves to follow Our Lord.

Even if you are ridiculed for being different from ordinary people, bless God for giving you the means of bringing down pride and trampling it underfoot.

Even if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except what God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.

Enlightenment from on high is needed to raise us up in order to show us the height and depth, the breadth and the excellence of God’s love.

Education is necessary and woe betide those who don’t use this time well.

God uses the most inferior materials for the extraordinary workings of His grace.

Don’t think that it’s a small thing to be devoted to the relief of those in distress.