"God conquered the ancient serpent by His Son’s humility, not His power. By giving His body and blood to sanctify those who believe; and so the Heavenly Father delivered Him up to the Passion for the redemption of the peoples and conquered the ancient serpent through Him in humility and justice. He did not want [...]
"Some there are who seek to excuse and justify themselves to their own conscience, by assuming readily that others are guilty of the same faults, or as great ones, vainly imagining that the sin becomes less culpable when shared by many." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., [...]
"I will hide from people’s eyes whatever good I am able to do so that God Himself may be my reward. I will be like a tiny violet hidden in the grass, which does not hurt the foot that treads on it, but diffuses its fragrance and, forgetting itself completely, tries to please the person [...]
"Justice can never make love superfluous. Beyond justice, man will always need love, which is the only thing that gives justice a soul. In a world so wounded as the one we find in our day, there is really no need to demonstrate what I have said here. The world is waiting for the testimony [...]
"I have rebuked people who were engaged in slander, and, in self-defense, these evildoers claimed to be acting out of love and concern for the victim of their slander. My answer to that was to say: 'Then stop that kind of love, or else you will be making a liar out of him who declared, [...]
"The egoist… interprets sacrifice as the diminishing of himself." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"We have said that it is absolutely necessary to give one's mind to God, that the most dangerous struggles are those of the mind, that tepidity of life has its source in sloth and indecision in choosing God and rejecting evil. We have said that, at once and unhesitatingly, thoughts that have even the appearance [...]
"Of a truth, hasty judgments are most displeasing to God, and men’s judgments are hasty, because we are not judges one another, and by judging we usurp our Lord’s own office. Man’s judgment is hasty, because the chief malice of sin lies in the intention and counsel of the heart, which is shrouded in darkness [...]
"Know, dearest daughter, that these mediocre souls are capable enough of reaching great perfection if they want to, for they are closer to it than are these other wretches. But in another way it is more difficult for them to rise above their imperfection than it is for the wicked to rise above their misery. [...]
"Take heed lest without reason you mistrust the power of repentance. Would you know what power repentance has?" Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures