A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities.    –St. Thomas Aquinas

“Let us try to act rightly that we shall have reason to trust in the infinite goodness of the Auditor of our Life, our Sovereign Judge.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

 "If you ever feel distressed during your day, call upon our Lady, just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit — this prayer has never failed me."   -St. Teresa of Calcutta~

“My most loving Redeemer and Lord Jesus Christ, I thy miserable servant, well knowing what pleasure he gives Thee who endeavours to exalt thy most holy Mother, whom Thou lovest so much; knowing, too, how much Thou desirest to see her loved and honoured by all...”   St. Alphonsus de Liguori.   (Excerpt from Prayer to Jesus and Mary, from “The Glories of Mary”) 

“I am a Catholic; I will not be a heretic: I am a Christian, and not an Arian: I would rather lose my life, than allow the tyranny of any man to corrupt the purity of my faith.”   – St. Hilary of Poitiers

The nothing that we are, and even less than nothing.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 14:9 

“ Temptation is a sure sign the soul is very pleasing to the Lord.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina