There is nothing pleasurable except what is in harmony with the utmost depths of our divine nature.
Henry SusoSuffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.
Henry SusoRemember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely, and that you behave like true knights in your encounters with the same adversities which they had to conquer, and that breathtaking joy is theirs and your eternal reward for having endured a few years of temporal pain. Every drop of earthly bitterness will be changed into an ocean of heavenly sweetness.
Henry Suso