"A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties of everyday with exactitude and to study and work with all our strength." - St. Peter Damian
"The inner life of another that is known to God alone becomes to a much less degree open to us through friendship. It partially fills the desire of our incomplete, lonely hearts for completeness in another. Friendship brings out the best in a person through forgetfulness of self." - St. Thomas Aquinas