捨棄私意，優於獲賜復活死人的恩典。 Better the forsaking of one’s own will than the gift of raising the dead.

健康的團體必須自保，及時鏟除腐敗份子，杜絕後患。 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.

求主賞賜受苦的恩寵，衪會給予請求者大禮物：其他恩賜都包括在內。 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，足以抵償一生的工作與辛勞。 To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

自己事奉天主不夠：我必須幫助人用心愛祂，以唇舌讚美祂。

若想事情圓滿，必須人遷就事，而非事遷就人。 If you want to bring anything to a successful conclusion, you must accommodate yourself to the task, not the task to yourself.

若修會會士以破壞院規的方式來侍奉天主，有如殺雞取卵。 Religious who try to serve God in ways detrimental to their Rule pull down the tree in order to pluck the fruit.