Great is the mercy He shows in never departing from the soul and in desiring that it perceive Him so manifestly. St. Teresa of Avila

The joy makes a person so forgetful of self and of all things that she doesn't advert to, nor can she speak of, anything other than the praises of God, which proceed from her joy. St. Teresa of Avila

Since the age of three I have refused the good God nothing. But I do not glory in this...my soul appears to you all shining and illumined because it is exposed to the rays of love. St. Therese of Lisieux

The dark night with its aridities and voids is the means to the knowledge of God and self. St. John of the Cross

God doesn't desire anything else than to have those to whom to give. His riches do not lessen when He gives them away. St. Teresa of Avila

How can a heart given to human affection unite itself to God? I am sure that it is not possible. St. Therese of Lisieux

We conclude that self-knowledge flows first from this dry night, and that from this knowledge as from its source, proceeds the other knowledge of God. St. John of the Cross

It is not to remain in the golden ciborium that Jesus comes down from heaven each day, but that He may find another heaven -- the heaven of our souls. St. Therese of Lisieux

But God also, by means of this dark and dry night of contemplation, supernaturally instructs in his divine wisdom the soul that is empty and unhindered. St. John of the Cross