To Love Our Neighbor In Charity Is

Nothing Is So Strong As Gentleness, Nothing So Gentle As Real Strength.

There Are No Galley-slaves In The Royal Vessel Of Divine Love - Every Man Works His Oar Voluntarily!

There Are Many Who Say To The Lord, "i Give Myself Wholly To Thee, Without Any Reserve," But There Are Few Who Embrace The Practice Of This Abandonment, Which Consists In Receiving With A Certain Indifference Every Sort Of Event, As It Happens In Conformity With Divine Providence, As Well Afflictions As Consolations, Contempt And Reproaches As Honor And Glory.

Do Everything Calmly And Peacefully. Do As Much As You Can As Well As You Can. Strive To See God In All Things Without Exception, And Consent To His Will Joyously. Do Everything For God, Uniting Yourself To Him In Word And Deed. Walk Very Simply With The Cross Of The Lord And Be At Peace With Yourself.

The Merit Of The Cross Does Not Consist In Its Heaviness, But In The Manner In Which We Carry It. I Would Even Say That It Is Sometimes More Virtuous To Carry A Cross Of Straw Than A Heavy Cross Because We Have To Be More Attentive For Fear Of Losing It.