Take the days…
Take the days as they come, the good with a grateful heart, and the bad for the sake of those which follow, because misfortune is only a passerby.
–Blessed Titus Brandsma (1881–1942)
It is not…
It is not enough to have knowledge, one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes, one must also accomplish.
–Johann von Goethe (1749-1832)
Accustom yourself…
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Anger is a nail…
[Anger] keeps alive sin, hates justice, ruins virtue, poisons the heart, rots the mind, defeats concentration, paralyzes prayer, puts love at a distance, and is a nail driven into the soul.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Souls without prayer…
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
A good thing…
It’s a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.
–Madeline L’Engle (1918-2007)
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