In order to live always well, we must store up deeply in our minds certain general maxims of eternal life, such as the following:
All passes away in this life, whether it be joy or sorrow; but in eternity nothing passes away.
What good is all the greatness of this world at the hour of death?
All that comes from God, whether it be adverse or prosperous, all is good, and is for our welfare.
We must leave all, to gain all.
There is no peace to be found without God.
To love God and save one's soul is the one thing needful.
We need only be afraid of sin.
If God be lost,all is lost.
He that desires nothing in this world is master of the whole world.
He that prays is saved, and he that prays not is damned.
Let me die, and give God pleasure.
God is cheap at any cost.
Every pain is slight to him who has deserved hell.
He bears all who looks on Jesus crucified.
Everything becomes a pain that is not done for God.
Whoever wishes for God alone is rich in every good. Happy the man who can say: " My Jesus, I desire Thee alone, and nothing more! "
He that loves God, finds pleasure in everything; he that loves not God, finds no true pleasure in anything.
--St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Holy Eucharist
