“Either to die the death or to abjure For ever the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires; Know of your youth, examine well your blood, Whether, if you yield not to your father's choice, You can endure the livery of a nun, For aye to be in shady cloister mew'd, To live a barren sister all your life, Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. Thrice-blessed they that master so their blood, To undergo such maiden pilgrimage; But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives and dies in single blessedness.”
![“[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor the times of weariness in the life of His Son, Our Lord, who suffered various kinds of anguish and abandonment.” quote by Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/741/vincent-de-paul-1676_abandonment_i-n-order-to-raise-a-soul-to-the-highest_1457809.jpg)
![“The application of their rules routinely produces immense amounts of suffering and even threatens to breakdown solid marriages as well.[96] Their sense of compassion and mercy, however, is severely limited by their presuppositions. To maintain their absolute certainties, they have to tell…” quote by Aaron Milavec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ff/aaron-milavec-45230_compassion_the-application-of-their-rules-routinely_965806.jpg)
