True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness. (J.R.R. Tolkien, +1973)
Quotes
Tell them to ask peace through the Immaculate Heart of Mary; God has placed it in her hands. Oh that I could put into the heart of everybody the flame that I feel burning within my breast and which makes me love so much the Heart of Jesus and the Heart of Mary.” (Saint Jacinta[…]
Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone (Sophie Scholl, +1943)
This our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through, exists by, is consonant to, and will stand only in the mold of, the Catholic Church. Europe will return to the Faith, or she will perish. The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith. (Hilaire Belloc, +1953)
If men knew the peace good Religious enjoy, the whole world would become a monastery (Saint Scholastica, +543)
Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself, ‘Who could be the Master of these beautiful things?’ I felt a great desire to see him, to know him and to pay him homage. (Saint Josephine Bakhita, +1947)
As I come to this supreme moment of my life, I am sure none of you would suppose I want to deceive you. And so I tell you plainly: there is no way to be saved except the Christian way. My religion teaches me to pardon my enemies and all who have offended me. I[…]
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. (Saint John Henry Newman, +1890)
A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. (George Orwell, +1950)
I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life (John 8:12)