Wisdom of Saints Neri and Vianney

"Without mortification, nothing can be done."

--Saint Philip Neri, Maxims and Counsels.

"To love God is not to be faithful in fulfilling part of our duties, and to neglect the rest."

--Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, Sermon preached on May 28th, 1848, in Sermons du Curé d'Ars (4 vols.), edited by the Most Reverend Father Dom Marie-Augustin Delaroche (Beauchense, Paris: 1925).