The value of life…
The value of our life does not depend on the place we occupy. It depends on the way we occupy that place.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
What is mysticism?
So the beginning of an answer to the question, ‘What is mysticism?’ must be this: mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God, the unseen reality, loved, sought, and adored in himself for himself alone.
–Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
The mystics are…
The mystics — to give them their short, familiar name — are men and women who insist that they know for certain the presence and activity of that which they call the Love of God. They are conscious of that Fact which is there for all, and which is the true subject-matter of religion; but of which the average person remains either unconscious or faintly and occasionally aware.
–Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
Life itself…
Life itself is a haphazard, untidy, messy affair.
–Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
Every happening…
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
–Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)
The smallest things…
Pure love… knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love – love, and always love.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
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