"It is here that true humility can enter, for this virtue and that of detachment from self, I think, always go together. They are two sisters, who are inseparable." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, Dover Thrift Editions, 2012.
"We should honor Our Lord in the manner and the virtue that He shows us in the Blessed Sacrament. Now, which is the virtue that He constantly practices there, constantly and openly teaches there to all, even to the most ignorant? Humility, annihilation. He is more humiliated there than in His birth, His life, even [...]
“Jesus has made himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that adoration.” Source: St. Teresa of Calcutta
"Selfish love which deprives your neighbors of your charity and affection is the principle and foundation of all evil. Every scandal, hatred, cruelty, and everything unbecoming springs from the root of selfish love. It has poisoned the whole world and sickened the mystic body of holy Church and the universal body of Christianity. For all [...]
"If there is good in you, see more good in others, so that you may remain humble. It does no harm to esteem yourself less than anyone else, but it is very harmful to think yourself better than even one. The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy [...]
"The Eucharist is thus the memorial of Christ's death, but it is also the presence of his sacrifice and the anticipation of his glorious coming. It is the sacrament of the risen Lord's continual saving closeness in history." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, General Audience - October 4, 2000
"You will remain in Eucharistic grace only by humility. This virtue is the dowry of love. You must possess it in order to go to Our Lord. With every other virtue you may be able to impersonate self and rest in self; but by humility, you disappear in order to allow Our Lord alone to [...]
"How many saints have advanced along the way of perfection thanks to their eucharistic devotion! From Saint Ignatius of Antioch to Saint Augustine, from Saint Anthony Abbot to Saint Benedict, from Saint Francis of Assisi to Saint Thomas Aquinas, from Saint Clare of Assisi to Saint Catherine of Siena, from Saint Paschal Baylon to Saint [...]
"In short, we may say that the consecration of this sacrament, and the acceptance of this sacrifice, and its fruits, proceed from the virtue of the cross of Christ, and therefore wherever mention is made of these, the priest makes use of the sign of the cross." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica [...]
"If you are given to avarice, think often of the folly of this sin, which makes us the slave of what was made only to serve us; remember how when we die we must leave all we possess to those who come after us, who may squander it, ruin their own souls b misusing it, [...]