A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.
We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.
Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.
There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.
There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.
. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.
I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem and honor I owe them in the sight of God. If they forget themselves and say or do something offensive against your little bark, even if it is done purposely to make it sink, bear with it for the love of God, who will save you from shipwreck and calm the storm. Do not complain or even say a single work about it. In spite of everything, continue to compliment them when you meet, as if nothing were amiss.
Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do.
Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.
It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.
Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem; apart from that, no.
[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!
...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs
Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.
Since you know the means of getting better, in the name of God, make use of them. Do not take on anything beyond your strength, do not be anxious, do not take things too much to heart, go gently, do not work too long or too hard.
Man's condition is never the same; he is humbled, then exalted; sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted; enlightened today and plunged into darkness tomorrow. What is to be done? As I said, let us be prepared for whatever may happen.
You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.
[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.
Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences
You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured.
People are made in such a way that even the holiest ones are liable to offend one another.
I have heard that M. Guesdon is dictating lessons to his seminarians. This is contrary to the custom of the Company and a somewhat ineffective way of teaching, since the students rely on their notes and do not exercise either their judgment or their memory, In this way, their minds remain empty while they pile up papers which they will perhaps never look at again.
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