Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.
Thomas BrooksLittle sins carry with them but little temptations to sin, and then a man shews most viciousness and unkindness, when he sins on a little temptation. It is devilish to sin without a temptation; it is little less than devilish to sin on a little occasion. The less the temptation is to sin, the greater is that sin.
Thomas BrooksA family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.
Thomas Brooks