Sayings of the Saints
There is nothing that consoles me so much, and gives me so much comfort, as afflictions and crosses, and it seems to me that if I had not this support from time to time, I should live the most wretched life in the world; and if God should give me my choice, whether to go now into Paradise, or to remain a little longer to suffer, I should choose the latter rather than the former, for I know how much glory is increased by sufferings.
Saint Catherine of Sienna
