"It is not the self-critical who reveals his humility (for does not everyone have
somehow to put up with himself?). Rather it is the man who continues to love the person
who has criticized him." From St. John Climacus

"Those who are hard of heart…are led to repentance, led to a holy life, less by
the lure of blessings promised than by fearful warnings that inspire dread." From
Theophanis the Monk

the Irish say:

To live with the saints in heaven, Now that’s celestial glory.

To live with the saints on earth, Now that’s another story!

The Spanish say:

Every family has its saint; the rest are martyrs!

"The Word was made flesh in order to offer up this Body for all,  and that
we, partaking of His Spirit, might be deified." Saint Athanasius the Apostolic.
298-373 AD.