If you speak, speak of God; if you are silent, speak to God.
330.
I would rather be a gnat by the will of God than a seraph by my own.
331.
Our gentleness with our neighbour must be carried to extreme, even to foolishness, and we must never retaliate; believe me, if we lose something by this, our Lord will make it up elsewhere.
332.
Courage, my very dear daughter: behold, you are at last upon the sacred altar to be sacrificed, immolated, consumed before the face of the living God. Truly, this day must be counted as one of the days which the Lord has made.
333.
Ah! how happy are these beloved hearts of my daughters, in having left for a few years the false liberty of the world to enjoy eternally the enviable slavery which takes away no liberty, save that which would prevent us from being truly free.