St. Philip Neri said.....

[Denise]

"It is not enough to see that God wishes the good we aim at, but that He wishes it through our instrumentality, in our manner and in our time; and we come to discern all this by true obedience."

[Denise]

"In order to be perfect, we must not only obey and honor our superiors; we must honor our equals and inferiors also."

[Denise]

"In dealing with our neighbor, we must assume as much pleasantness of manner as we can, and by this affability win him to the way of virtue."

[Denise]

"A man who leads a common life under obedience, is more to be esteemed than one who does great penance after his own will."

[Denise]

"To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines."

[Denise]

"He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Savior, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool."

[Denise]

"Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God’s graces than through His most holy mother."

[Denise]

"A man should force himself to be obedient, even in little things which appear of no moment; because he will thus render the practice of obedience in great matters easy to himself."

[Denise]

"He who always acts under obedience, may rest assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God."

[Denise]

"Perfection does not consist in such outward things as shedding tears and the like, but in true and solid virtues."

[Denise]

"Tears are no sign that a man is in the grace of God, neither must we infer that one who weeps when he speaks of holy and devout things necessarily leads a holy life."

[Denise]

"Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life; wherefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits."

[Denise]

"When a man is freed from a temptation or any other distress, let him take great care to show fitting gratitude to God for the benefit he has received."

[Denise]

"We must accept the adversities which God sends us without reasoning too much upon them, and we must take for granted that it is the best thing which could happen to us."

[Johnna]

So true and so hard