Paul of the Cross (3 January 1694 – 18 October 1775) was an Italian mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
You do wrong to complain of your crosses and sufferings. Believe me, you know not what it is to suffer. God preserve you from suffering even one day what has been endured by a certain soul, whose name I must not disclose!
The Cross is the way to Paradise, but only when it is borne willingly.
Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is, with acts of virtue.