• Those who have sinned must not despair: Let that never be. For we are condemned not for the multitude of evils but because we do not want to repent and learn the miracles of Christ. (St Mark the Ascetic)
• If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. (C S Lewis)
• The only way to make rapid progress along the path of divine love is to remain very little and put all our trust in Almighty God. That is what I have done. (St Therese de Lisieux)
• There are, therefore three virtues in which the perfection of Christian law consists: charity from a pure heart, hope from a good conscience, and faith unfeigned. (St Robert Bellarmine)
• The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it. (St Elizabeth Ann Seton)
• God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God. (St Robert Southwell)
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