和人交談，我們應緩於說話，耐心聆聽，對下屬更需如此。須洗耳恭聽近人說話，直至其完全表達心聲為止。

紈絝子弟應學習自我貶抑， 輕視以為超群出眾為比克己苦身更好。 Those who are elegant and foppish should be taught contempt of self and of every kind of preeminence in preference to and before bodily mortification.

為侍奉天主而忘記自己及個人福利的人，天主自會照料。 The man who forgets himself and his own welfare for God’s service will have God to look after him.

未經雕琢的木頭沒法想到會成為塑像傑作，雕塑家卻胸有成竹。同樣，大多數人對基督信仰生活一竅不通，並不明白天主能塑造他們成聖，直至自己全然委順於全能藝術大師之手。

過於畏懼別人，便不能為主做大事。 He who fears men much will never do anything great for God.

當我仰望天國時，世界俗臭難耐！ How earth stinks in my nostrils when I look up to heaven!

聖神的喜樂使心靈歡暢， 超越一切受造之物。 No created thing can give rise to any gladness in the soul that is worthy of comparison with the joy of the Holy Ghost.

主，只需給我禰的愛及恩寵， 我心已足，再無他求。 Give me only thy love and thy grace, O Lord, and I am rich enough; and I ask for nothing more.

期待天主，只限於此： 與祂同在，心想事成。 We cannot expect too much from God, for with Him it is as easy to perform as to will.

安全獲得一丁點零星的好東西， 比冒著失落永生的危險賺到一百件更好。 It is far better to procure a mere morsel of some one good thing safely than to gain a hundred at the risk of your salvation.

今天的事今天做，切莫拖延到明天。 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

如果天主只是給你一隻小狗作嚮導， 請勿抱怨，仍順從主命，懷著喜悅跟隨。 If the guide God chooses for you to follow were only a little dog, you should not complain, but at God’s command follow it willingly and gladly.