Thoughts that may Serve for Subjects of Meditation.
THE pleasure of dying without trouble is worth the trouble of living without pleasure.
Without esteem and respect for interior virtues, it is impossible to lead a perfect life.
True greatness and nobility spring only from the perfect fulfilment of the will of God.
One single act of virtue, performed with fervor, advances a soul more than fifty performed carelessly. (St. Teresa.)
It is unnatural for roses to be white; the pink are more beautiful and smell sweeter. It is, however, the nature of lilies. Let us be as we are, but perfect, each in its kind, for the honor of the great Master, whose work we are. (St. F. de Sales.)
A straw, raised from the ground, in virtue of obedience, is worth more than martyrdom, suffered for self-love. (St. Teresa.)
