"In a word, St. Francis de Sales used to say to her [St. Jane Frances of Chantal] that that blessed soul was like a deaf musician who could sing most admirably, but had no pleasure in his voice, because he could not hear it."

St. Alphonsus, Pious Reflections on Different Points of Spirituality to Guide Souls that Desire to Advance in the Love of God, Meditation XXXIX

"Regarding the penalties for this crime, it must be known that sodomites are condemned by civil law to the penalty of death and burning; however, by canon law, according to the bull of St. Pius V [Horrendum Illud Scelus], in the writings of the Salmanticenses (C. 7, n. 107), both clerics and lay religious practicing this dire abomination (words of the bull) "are to be deprived of every clerical privilege, office, and benefice by the authority of the present canon." And furthermore, the holy Pontiff commands that they be handed over to the secular power."

St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis, Lib. III, Tract. IV, Cap. II, Dub. III, n. 470

"Beware of Philip, Lord. He may yet betray you."

A usual prayer of St. Philip Neri

Quod Æternum non est, nihil est.

"What is not eternal is nothing."

"God hates peace in those destined for war!"

Ven. Fulton J. Sheen

"A single 'Blessed be God,' under adverse circumstances, is worth more than a thousand thanksgivings when things go smoothly."

St. John of Ávila

"The reason [women] are subject and not in the forefront is that they are deficient in reasoning, which is especially necessary for those who preside. Therefore, the Philosopher says in his Politics that corruption of rule occurs, when the rule comes to women."

St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on First Corinthians

"If the Devil makes an uproar with temptations or imaginations, make nothing out of it, as though it were a fly."

St. Paul of the Cross