Wisdom of the saints.

Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?

St. Augustine of Hippo

Death and hell combine to distract man with a thousand useless cares and to engage his thoughts with a multitude of imaginary wants.

St. Cecilia

I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back into His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way.

St. Jerome

O Lord, I am a sinful human who does not understand how to act, but You are the Merciful One, so illuminate my path to what I must do.

St. Simeon the New Theologian