“To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism.”

“Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via, as the Church speaks. Let us be sure He will lead us right, that He will bring us to that which is, not indeed what we think best, nor what is best for another, but what is best for us.”

“Let us not question whether God is there; let us praise Him that He is there.”

“We are products of the past and we live immersed in the past, which encompasses us. How can we move towards the new life, how create new activities without getting out of the past and without placing ourselves above it? And how can we place ourselves above the past if we are in it and it is in us? There is no other way out except through thought, which does not break off relations with the past but rises ideally above it and converts it into knowledge.”

“As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.”

“Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.”