Indeed, having no other choice, but that up ardently reaching after Him, of dwelling ever with Him, and in sinking into nothingness before Him, we should accept indiscriminately all His dispensations, whether obscurity or illumination, fruitfulness or barrenness, weakness or strength, sweetness or bitterness, temptations, distractions, pain, weariness, or doubts; and none of these should, for one moment, retard our course.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Take the days as they come, the good with a grateful heart, and the bad for the sake of those which follow, because misfortune is only a passerby.
–Blessed Titus Brandsma (1881–1942)
It is not enough to have knowledge, one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes, one must also accomplish.
–Johann von Goethe (1749-1832)
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
[Anger] keeps alive sin, hates justice, ruins virtue, poisons the heart, rots the mind, defeats concentration, paralyzes prayer, puts love at a distance, and is a nail driven into the soul.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
