One ought to be careful not to devote oneself wholly and with too much solicitude to exterior occupations, to which it is expedient only to lend oneself as much as is necessary, keeping the rest (namely the mind and heart) for God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
I keep my eyes fixed on Eternity, and from this source I draw constancy in the midst of the confusion of daily life; freedom in my social relations, and joy in spirit… – St. Raphael Kalinowski
Humility consists in complete recognition of one’s own nothingness in all things. A leather bag is best filled by being laid flat on the ground, and a bucket at a well does not fill with water unless it is lowered. As for me, I remain empty for want of being…
I am amused sometimes to see certain souls who think when they are at prayer that they would like to be humiliated and publicly insulted for God, and afterward they would hide a tiny fault if they could; or, if they have not committed one, and yet are charged with…
Our Lord became a spring for us, so that we should not die of thirst among all the miseries that surround us. -Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
If God is in us, and if God is love, it is inevitable that we be brothers; because love of our neighbor is the measure of our love for God. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Oh, then, when everything was dark, when the present was so painful and the future seemed even more gloomy to me, I closed my eyes and abandoned myself like a child in the arms of this Heavenly Father… We look at ourselves too much, we want to see and understand,…
He (God) lives in some as though in his own house, commanding and ruling everything; and in others as though a stranger in a strange house, where they do not permit him to give orders or do anything. -St. John of the Cross
…the harm done to us by our failure to understand well this humility and self-knowledge…self-knowledge is the most important thing for us. – St. Teresa of Avila