Pain is never permanent. - Teresa of Ávila

It is a good proof and test of our love if we can bear with such faults and not be shocked by them. Others, in their turn, will bear with your faults, which, if you include those of which you are not aware, must be much more numerous.

Let us endeavour to do our best: beware of the poisonous reptiles — that is to say, the bad thoughts and aridities which are often permitted by God to assail and torment us so that we cannot repel them. Indeed, perchance we feel their sting! He allows this to teach us to be more on our guard in the future and to see whether we grieve much at offending Him.

souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralysed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.