Love doesn’t exist — as we like to think — in the degree to which we are happy.  No.  Love exists in the strength of our determination to try to please God in everything that we do, each and every day.  The important thing is not to think much but to love much.  So start doing whatever most stirs you to love.
   - Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle

The Soul that journeys to God, but does not shake off its care and quiet its appetites, is like one who drags a cart uphill. (Sayings of Light and Love, #56)