As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.
Alphonsus LiguoriThe principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.
Alphonsus LiguoriSo great is the compassion excited in Mary by our misery, and such is the love that she bears us, that she prays constantly, and relaxes not her efforts in our behalf.
Alphonsus LiguoriAll souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.
Alphonsus Liguori