除非爱惜藉祂宝血救赎的灵魂， 没有人能自称为基督的朋友。 No one should call himself a friend of Christ unless he cherishes those souls that Christ redeemed by the shedding of his Blood.

为服侍天主而获得人的善意归依，须为一切人成为一切，因近似的习性与兴趣能赚得人心。 To gain men’s goodwill in God’s service we must become all things to all men; for men’s hearts are gained by nothing so much as by similarity of habits and interests.

唯一正确的野心就是爱天主， 并以更爱祂作为报酬。 There is but one right kind of ambition: to love God, and as the reward of loving him, to love him more.

和人交谈，我们应缓于说话，耐心聆听，对下属更需如此。须洗耳恭听近人说话，直至其完全表达心声为止。

纨绔子弟应学习自我贬抑， 轻视以为超群出众为比克己苦身更好。 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.

为侍奉天主而忘记自己及个人福利的人，天主自会照料。 The man who forgets himself and his own welfare for God’s service will have God to look after him.

未经雕琢的木头没法想到会成为塑像杰作，雕塑家却胸有成竹。同样，大多数人对基督信仰生活一窍不通，并不明白天主能塑造他们成圣，直至自己全然委顺于全能艺术大师之手。

过于畏惧别人，便不能为主做大事。 He who fears men much will never do anything great for God.

当我仰望天国时，世界俗臭难耐！ How earth stinks in my nostrils when I look up to heaven!

圣神的喜乐使心灵欢畅， 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，只需给我祢的爱及恩宠， 我心已足，再无他求。 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，只限于此： 与祂同在，心想事成。 We cannot expect too much from God, for with Him it is as easy to perform as to will.