The highest perfection consists not in interior favors or in great raptures, but in the bringing of our wills so closely into conformity with the Will of God that, as soon as we realize that he wills anything, we desire it ourselves with all our might.
-- St. Teresa of Avila

Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness.
-- St. Richard of Chichester

Who is so strong as never to be overcome by temptation, except he who has the grace of the Lord for his helper?
-- St. Augustine

Those who are led by the Holy Spirit have true ideas. That's why so many ignorant people are wiser than the learned.
-- St. John Vianney

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a Saint.
-- St Ignatius Loyola

Anxiety proceeds from an ill-regulated desire to be delivered from the evil we experience, or to acquire the good to which we aspire; nevertheless, nothing aggravates evil and hinders good so much as anxiety and worry.
-- St Francis de Sales