"The disbelief of [Saint] Thomas [the Apostle] has done more for our faith than the faith of the other disciples. "As he touches Christ and is won over to belief, every doubt is cast aside and our faith is strengthened." - Pope St. Gregory the Great

"He lacks everything who thinks he lacks nothing." - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"Church doctrines are a powerful weapon; they were not sent into the world for nothing. God's word does not return to Him void." - St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

"God is what we ourselves aspired to be when we fell away from Him, when we listened to the voice of the seducer—'You shall be as gods'—and thus abandoned the very One who intended to make us gods, not by our desertion of Him, but by our participation in Him." - St. Augustine of Hippo

"The strategy of our adversary can be compared to the tactics of a commander intent upon seizing and plundering a position he desires. "The leader of an army will encamp, explore the fortifications and defenses of the fortress, and attack at the weakest point. "In the same way, the adversary of our human nature examines from every side all our virtues, theological, cardinal, and moral. "Wherever he discovers the defenses of eternal salvation to he the weakest and most lacking, there he attacks and tries to take us by storm." - St. Ignatius of Loyola

"For you He entered time, so that you might become eternal." - St. Augustine of Hippo

"Everything seems to me to pass so quickly. . .that we must concentrate our thoughts on how to die rather than on how to live." - St. Teresa of Avila

"Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways." - St. Angela Merici

"If anything that is for the service of our Lord, the Devil tries his arts, working under the guise of holiness." - St. Teresa of Avila

"How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!" - St. John Vianney

"Without discretion, virtue becomes vice, and the natural impulses serve only to upset and wreck the personality." - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"For men are not gods by being so in themselves, but they become gods by participation in that one God who is the true God." - St. Augustine of Hippo

"Some wear down their bodies by fasting. But because they have no discreation, it puts them further from God." - St. Anthony the Great

"Our body is not made of iron. Our strength is not that of stone. Live and hope in the Lord, and let your service be according to reason." - St. Clare of Assisi

"I am a prisoner too—with all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound. "When the Father calls His child, how readily will He be obeyed!" - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"Let the enemy rage at the gate, let him knock, let him push, let him cry, let him howl, let him do worse; we know for certain that he cannot enter by the door of our consent." - St. Francis de Sales

"First let a little love find entrance into [the converts'] hearts, and the rest will follow." - St. Philip Neri

"A detached man should always be looking to see what he can do without." - Bl Henry Suso