"But it is not enough to live for Jesus, to give and consecrate to Him all that we have, all that we are. We must live of Jesus, of His Eucharistic life, for Jesus is living in His sacramental state, there He leads a life proper to the Eucharist." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, [...]
"Our happiness consists in fulfilling the purpose of our being. Every man knows, from his own unfulfilled hunger for them, that he was built with a capacity for three things of which he never has enough. He wants life – not for the next few minutes, but for always, and with no aging or disease [...]
"Do you know where this tree of death is rooted? In the height of pride, which is nourished by their sensual selfishness. Its core is impatience and its offshoot is the lack of any discernment. These are the four chief vices, which together kill the souls of those I have called trees of death, since [...]