...Jesus has taken command of my ship and has protected it from encountering other vessels. He has kept me in solitude with Himself. Consequently, my heart, by knowing this Captain, has fallen under the spell of His love, and here He keeps me captive. Oh, I love this prison and this powerful King who keeps me captive; and how I love this Captain who amid the waves of the ocean doesn't allow me to suffer shipwreck.
St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes from her Diary

It is impossible to imagine how happy I am. I feel peace, so intimate a joy that I tell myself that if people in the world would see this happiness, all would run to shut themselves in convents.
St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes (Letter 133)

The whole world is asleep, and God so full of goodness, so great, so worthy of all praise, and hardly anyone is thinking of Him!  See, nature praises Him, the sky, the stars, the trees, the crss, everything praises Him, and man, who has knowledge of His benefits, who ought to praise Him, sleeps!  Let us go and wake up the universe!