'If of necessity I had to choose between sin and the torments of hell, I had rather plunge head long into hell, than give sin the mastery over me; I had rather enter hell pure from the stain of sin, than reign in heaven a prey to its pollutions.'

St. Ambrose of Milan

'Without prayer it is impossible to resist temptations and to keep the commandments.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori