Here is the difference between the joys of the world and the cross of Jesus Christ: after having tasted the first, one is disgusted with them; and on the contrary, the more one partakes of the cross, the greater the thirst for it.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem — and are — absolutely worthless.
–Saint Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.
–Karen Armstrong (1944-
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
It is often supposed that when people stop believing in God, they believe in nothing. Alas, it is worse than that. When they stop believing in God, they believe in anything.
–GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
