Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.
Théodore Guérin
We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do.
inspirational vocation
.. The Americans must have the Almighty dollar. Their cupidity renders them daring and indifferent to everything else. It is nothing to them to expose their lives and those of others in order to gain money. How materialistic these people are!
daring money people order
For true hearts there is no separating ocean; or, rather, God is their ocean, in Whom they meet and are united. They love, they lose themselves in Him.
I have already exceeded the amount of work my head can bear.
work
They excel in music, which is an indispensable thing in this country, even for the poor. No piano, no pupils! Such is the spirit of this country -- Music and Steam!
music
force virtues
Every evening at the same hour when the weather was calm, I used to go on deck and bless God for all the wonders of His creation. I loved to consider the care of God's Providence which extends even to the little fishes.
wonder wonders
It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and especially for an academy. All appearances are against it.
appearance solitude
Come, if we have to die, let us die, but say nothing!.. So true it is that misfortune binds hearts together.
misfortune
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