We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Do not refuse anything you possess, even though you may need it.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Whoever knows how to die in all will have life in all.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
We must give ourselves to God altogether. God makes all his own the soul that is wholly given to him.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
He who does not go down into hell while he is alive, runs a great risk of going there after he is dead.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
