Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Where so ever you are, where so ever you may be praying, God who hears you is within you, hidden within, or God who hears you is not merely by your side, and you have no need to go wandering about, no need to be reaching out to God as though you would touch him with your hands.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Just as water extinguishes a fire, so love wipes away sin.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
He who has himself as a guide has an idiot as a disciple.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Anyone who does things lukewarmly is close to falling.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Let Christ crucified be enough for you, and with him suffer and take your rest, and hence annihilate yourself in all inward and outward things.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
