舍弃私意，优于获赐复活死人的恩典。 Better the forsaking of one’s own will than the gift of raising the dead.

健康的团体必须自保，及时铲除腐败份子，杜绝后患。 A healthy community must preserve itself and look to its welfare by cutting off its corrupt members in good time, before their rottenness reaches to the parts that are sound.

求主赏赐受苦的恩宠，衪会给予请求者大礼物：其他恩赐都包括在内。 Ask God for grace to suffer much. To whom God gives this he gives a great gift: all his other benefits are included in this single one.

成功阻止一次犯罪，足以抵偿一生的工作与辛劳。 To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

自己事奉天主不够：我必须帮助人用心爱祂，以唇舌赞美祂。

若想事情圆满，必须人迁就事，而非事迁就人。 If you want to bring anything to a successful conclusion, you must accommodate yourself to the task, not the task to yourself.

若修会会士以破坏院规的方式来侍奉天主，有如杀鸡取卵。 Religious who try to serve God in ways detrimental to their Rule pull down the tree in order to pluck the fruit.