It is greatly to be lamented that, when God has granted them strength to break other and stouter cords– namely, affections for sins and vanities — they should fail to attain to such blessing because they have not shaken off some childish thing which God had bidden them conquer for…
God takes care of the affairs of those who truly love Him without their having to be anxious about them. -St. John of the Cross
Be fervent therefore in your spiritual progress, for you shall shortly receive the reward of your labours; and then grief and fear shall no more come near you. – St. Therese
Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven! – St. Therese
For perfection as well as its reward does not consist in spiritual delights but in greater love and in deeds done with greater justice and truth. – St. Teresa of Avila
Walk in Christ…that means to go out from self…in order to enter more deeply into Him at every moment; to enter so deeply that one is “rooted‟ in Him and may boldly challenge all events with the great cry, Who, then, shall separate us from the love of Christ?‟ –…
It is love alone that gives worth to all things. -St. Teresa of Avila
Since a double measure of bitterness must follow the doing of your own will, do not do it even though you remain in single bitterness. – St. John of the Cross
The soul should trust in the goodness of God, which is greater than all the evils we are capable of. – St. Teresa of Avila
I do not count on my own merits, since I have none, but I trust in Him who is Virtue and Sanctity Itself. -St. Therese