Never trust ourselves…
We must never trust ourselves, for it is the devil’s way first to get us to feel secure, and then to make us fall.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Temptations are mastered…
As to temptations, some are mastered by flying from them, some by resisting them, and some by despising them.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
One who perseveres…
We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Ignorance not malice…
If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
To will is to do…
Even if the whole world should blame you, and deafen you with its cries, what matter so long as you are in the arms of God? He is powerful enough to free you from everything; for only once did He command the world to be made and it was done; with Him, to will is to do.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Believe only those…
Cease troubling about these fears, then, sisters; and never pay heed to such matters of popular opinion. This is no time for believing everyone; believe only those whom you see modeling their lives on the life of Christ. Endeavor always to have a good conscience; practice humility; despise all worldly things; and believe firmly in the teaching of our Holy Mother Church.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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