Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than yours, and say, "Of a truth my trouble is comfort, my torments are but roses as compared to those whose life is a continual death, without solace, or aid or consolation, borne down with a weight of grief tenfold greater than mine."
Saint Francis de SalesFlowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
Saint Francis de SalesWe have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
Saint Francis de Sales