QUOTATION: Sadness

Melancholy is the poison of devotion. When one is in tribulation, it is necessary to be more happy and more joyful because one is nearer to God.

--St. Clare of Assisi

QUOTATION: Deliver Us From Evil

In the Lord's prayer, He does not say "deliver us from trials", but "from evil", because trials bring the saints a crown, and for that reason they glory in their trials.

--St. Thomas Aquinas