Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.
Ignatius of LoyolaRemember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
Ignatius of LoyolaThe safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
Ignatius of Loyola