May He give me the grace to carry out something of what I tell you. St. Teresa of Avila

When we commit a fault, we should never attribute it to a physical cause such as sickness or the weather, but we should confess that this fall was due to our lack of perfection - though without ever getting discouraged. St. Therese of Lisieux

It is in that soul in which less of its own appetites and pleasures dwell that he dwells  more alone, more pleased and more as though in his own house, ruling and governing it. St. John of the Cross

What do you think that abode will be like where a King so powerful, so wise, so pure, so full of all good things takes His delight? St. Teresa of Avila

Yes, even if I had on my conscience every possible crime, I should lose none of my confidence; my heart breaking with sorrow, I should go and throw myself into the arms of my Savior. St. Therese of Lisieux

Yet, however sublime this knowledge may be, it is still a dark night when compared with the beatific knowledge she asks for here. St. John of the Cross

Even if there were no other trial than to see His Majesty abhorred, that would be an intolerable one. St. Teresa of Avila

If you are nothing, do you forget that Jesus is everything? You have only to lose your nothingness in His infinity and think only of loving Him. St. Therese of Lisieux

Some spiritual persons call this contemplation knowing by unknowing. For this knowledge (of God)... is produced in the possible or passive intellect. St. John of the Cross

And since through His grandeurs they have come to a greater knowledge of their own miseries, and their sins become more serious to them, they often go about like the publican not daring to raise their eyes. St. Teresa of Avila