Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness (G.K. Chesterton)
Quotes
The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right. (G.K. Chesterton)
We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: “I will pray, and then I will understand.” This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which, after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring[…]
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. (Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester’s, dying words, as quoted in Shakespeare’s History of Henry VI)
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins (2 Maccabees, 12:46)
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored (Aldous Huxley, +1963)
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)
Let us fix our gaze on the Father and Creator of the whole world, and let us hold on to his peace and blessings, his splendid and surpassing gifts. Let us contemplate him in our thoughts and with our mind’s eye reflect upon the peaceful and restrained unfolding of his plan; let us consider the[…]
The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore wrong is their way, gross their error, and assured their ruin who, after the testimony of so many thousands of saints, will not learn where to settle their footing. (Saint Robert[…]
Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically. (Anthony Mary Claret, +1870)