Moral principles…
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Do not listen…
And do not listen to those who keep saying, ‘The voice of the people is the voice of God.’ because the tumult of the crowd is always close to madness.
–Saint Alcuin (c. 735-804)
To eat less…
You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to pray.
— Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
Missionaries will have…
The missionaries will have to understand that they are stones hid under the earth, which will perhaps never come to light, but which will become part of the foundations of a vast, new building.
— Saint Daniel Comboni (1831-1881)
Death-bed repentance…
There is one case of death-bed repentance recorded, that of the penitent thief, that none should despair; and only one that none should presume.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Vocal prayer…
Vocal prayer… must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don’t call prayer–however much the lips may move.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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