If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes. (Saint Thomas More, +1535)
Quotes
At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness. (Saint Ephraim the Syrian, +373)
Father!—To God Himself we cannot give a holier name. (William Wordsworth, +1850)
Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously beautiful must he be who made them! The wisdom of the worker is revealed in his handiwork. (Saint Anthony of Padua, +1231)
There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to fight one’s grandmother. The really courageous man is he who defies tyrannies young as the morning and superstitions fresh as the first flowers. The only true free-thinker is he whose intellect is as much free[…]
In the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I trust. Look to the Star, call upon Mary! In danger, in difficulty or in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Keep her name on your lips, never let it pass out of your heart.” (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153)
There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. (Pope Leo XIII, +1903)
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)